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rohitkumar
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
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 Posted - 2010-03-05 : 10:59:30
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| I have to load a .txt file to a table with one of the columns > 8000 chars, it would be fine to trim the column to first 8000 chars while loading. How should I do this? |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
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Posted - 2010-03-05 : 12:22:41
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| use a derived column task to tril the column value using SUBSTRING() function------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/ |
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rohitkumar
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
472 Posts |
Posted - 2010-03-05 : 13:46:32
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| I tried it, am geting thisThe result string for expression "SUBSTRING(MyCol,1,8000)" may be truncated if it exceeds the maximum length of 4000 characters. The expression could have a result value that exceeds the maximum size of a DT_WSTR. |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
52326 Posts |
Posted - 2010-03-05 : 13:49:23
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| whats the datatype of myCol?------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/ |
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rohitkumar
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
472 Posts |
Posted - 2010-03-05 : 13:53:40
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| its String [DT_STR] 8000 |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
52326 Posts |
Posted - 2010-03-05 : 13:55:19
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| and destination column datatype?------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/ |
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rohitkumar
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
472 Posts |
Posted - 2010-03-05 : 13:56:53
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| varchar(max) |
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rohitkumar
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
472 Posts |
Posted - 2010-03-05 : 14:19:30
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| I guess ignoring truncation failure at the txt file connection is the only way out. |
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SSIS and 8000 chars