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 Error when do DTS

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vicki
Posting Yak Master

117 Posts

Posted - 2002-02-22 : 12:49:45

What is error mean when use DTS feature in SQL Server 2000 and import the text file:
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Error Source Microsoft Data Transformation Services Flat File Rowset Provider

Error Description: Invalid delimited: text qualifier must be followed by a column delimiter (except the last column),

Context: Error calling OpenRowset on the provider


chadmat
The Chadinator

1974 Posts

Posted - 2002-02-22 : 13:07:41
See:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q241761&SD=MSKB&

-Chad

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MichaelP
Jedi Yak

2489 Posts

Posted - 2002-02-22 : 14:38:46
I had this same problem. I had "'s in my fields. Like this

"1", "The quick brown fox"
"2", "The "quick" brown fox"

You have to convert the "'s around quick to ' or remove them entirly BEFORE trying to connect to the file with DTS.

Michael
michaelp@televox.com

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