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funk.phenomena
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Posted - 02/20/2013 :  10:25:05  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi All - I'm using the OPENROWSET function which imports a CSV file into a table on the server.

There's a column on there which is numeric with a capitalized ALPHA character in front of it:

VENDOR
C12345
C12346
F12345
F12345

When I import it, it automatically converts the value to currency:

VENDOR
12345.00
12346.00
12345.00
12345.00


I've tried casting the value as nvarchar, but always drops the 1st character.

The only way around this is by manually replacing the capital letter with a small letter on the CSV file.

Any ideas? Thanks!

visakh16
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Posted - 02/20/2013 :  10:37:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
change datatype by explicit casting to varchar in OPENROWSET

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funk.phenomena
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Canada
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Posted - 02/20/2013 :  10:50:24  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by visakh16

change datatype by explicit casting to varchar in OPENROWSET


Here is my openrowset statement:

SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET ('MSDASQL','Driver={Microsoft Text Driver (*.txt; *.csv)};', 'SELECT * from G:\temp\AUDIT.CSV')

How can I go about an explicit cast? I've tried doing this and doesn't work:


SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET ('MSDASQL','Driver={Microsoft Text Driver (*.txt; *.csv)};', 'SELECT CAST(VENDOR AS VARCHAR) from G:\temp\AUDIT.CSV')

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funk.phenomena
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Posted - 02/21/2013 :  11:49:41  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Anyone else have a solution?
Thanks!
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madhivanan
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Posted - 02/24/2013 :  03:43:14  Show Profile  Send madhivanan a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
Have you tried this?

SELECT CAST(VENDOR AS VARCHAR(10)) FROM OPENROWSET ('MSDASQL','Driver={Microsoft Text Driver (*.txt; *.csv)};', 'SELECT * from G:\temp\AUDIT.CSV')


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