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barnsley
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Posted - 11/02/2012 :  11:52:08  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I am importing CSV files into a sql database table via a DTS package.

In my excel file it contains data with a space in the middle of the string.
e.g.
"123a bc"

As a result my data imported stops at the first white space and looks lie this:
"123a"

How can I get it to either ignore the white space or simply include it as part of the import?


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visakh16
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Posted - 11/03/2012 :  22:44:03  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
what have you defined as column delimiter?

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barnsley
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Posted - 11/05/2012 :  04:25:57  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
sorted now.

I just edited the text field properties in the
dts package >>
Text File Source >>
Properties >> General tab >>
Properties >>
Fixed Field Column Positions (moved the sliding bar accordingly to the end of the data in the column.



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visakh16
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Posted - 11/05/2012 :  21:15:01  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by barnsley

sorted now.

I just edited the text field properties in the
dts package >>
Text File Source >>
Properties >> General tab >>
Properties >>
Fixed Field Column Positions (moved the sliding bar accordingly to the end of the data in the column.



mark.

hmm? does that mean your file was not delimited type?

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barnsley
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Posted - 11/06/2012 :  05:04:14  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
the file type is .csv
the data in the file is in an excel spreadsheet and each data entry is on a separate line (not separated by commas).


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visakh16
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Posted - 11/06/2012 :  12:35:02  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by barnsley

the file type is .csv
the data in the file is in an excel spreadsheet and each data entry is on a separate line (not separated by commas).


mark.

then how will it be a csv?

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barnsley
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Posted - 11/07/2012 :  03:57:17  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
i dont know.
in properties it just says this under type of file:
"Microsoft Excel Comma Separated Values File"
and file is called a.csv

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