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rama108
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Posted - 09/27/2012 :  20:17:21  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Is there a way to open EDI file in SQL Server and insert the data into tables?

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What's an EDI file?

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rama108
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Posted - 09/28/2012 :  10:48:40  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is a file based on certain standards which opened in notepad only shows some numeric or alphanumeric code (encrypted) but when converted to readable format it shows the actual text. There are many different file formats. Has anyone dealt with EDI files importing data into SQL Server?

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Posted - 09/28/2012 :  11:06:07  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I know nothing about EDI format or EDI files, so everything below is general comments about binary files or proprietary format files:

1. If you simply want to store and retrieve the files in SQL Server, you can use Filestream or you can store as varbinary. Jacob Sebastian's article is a good read: http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/learn-sql-server/an-introduction-to-sql-server-filestream/

2. If you are trying to insert the data into relational tables, which you said you are, SQL Server provides no tools natively for working with EDI files, to the best of my knowledge. However, if you can find any application/converter that will convert the EDI files into XML or other non-proprietary formats, SQL Server would be able to ingest those.
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