How to not import final 2 rows of CSV table

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How to not import final 2 rows of CSV table

chrismgarvey

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November 12, 2009 at 2:34 pm

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Hi All,
Can anyone tell me the best way to not import the final two rows of a CSV file?
I have a foreach loop container that imports the CSV files into one SQL Server database, however I do not want to import the final two rows of the file as these are control file rows.
Many thanks in advance for your support.
Regards,
Chris

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Piotr.Rodak SSCrazy Eights Points: 9376 More actions · Answer 1

Do they prevent file from being loaded? If not, I guess you can use conditional split to separate them from the rest of the rows.

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Piotr

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chrismgarvey SSC Eights! Points: 834 More actions · Answer 2

Hi Piotr,

Yes they prevent the file from being loaded.

Regards,

Chris

hamzajosh SSChasing Mays Points: 632 More actions · Answer 3

add a vbscript task before the actual import and open the csv file and delete the last 2 rows and save the file. Then import it and you should be good.

chrismgarvey SSC Eights! Points: 834 More actions · Answer 4

Hi hamzajosh,

Thanks for your suggestion. How would I delete the final two rows in VB?

Chris

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004615 More actions · Answer 5

I cheat like hell on this type of thing. When I have to do such a thing, I make a BCP format file and either use BCP or BULK INSERT with a max allowed errors setting of 1 or 2 depending on the failure mode that the last 2 lines cause.

All of that information is located in Books Online under BCP. BCP format files work exactly the same way for either BCP or Bulk Insert.

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First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

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