I'm trying to create a package that I can use to import a csv file into a table. I can do this easy enough, but the problems are 1. The file name will changing daily 2. I need to use vb.net to create an app that will allow a user to select the file(s) to be imported
I'm relatively new to DTS and sqldts.com has helped some but most of the info there pertains only to VB6. I've scoured the net but I can't seem to find any help, you guys are my last hope...
I'll give this a shot and let you know how this turns out. But I must ask, what kind of speed does this have when dealing with several files up to 5 mb? I wrote something in vb.net to parse everything I needed and shrunk everything down to an insert/update statement. Inserts where pretty quick, but updates where extremely slow. Oh well, i'll give anything a shot once.
Ok, I finally got to play with this and while I was going through the sql I noticed something. This method is perfect if you have set field counts as per the example given but i'm using a csv which means my data is comma delimited. I'd still have to go through the (tedious) task of parsing every line with to put it in the right fields.
If DTS brings in a lot of overhead would it be worth trading for the ease of parsing the lines in my file?
Import from csv files
Posted - 04/20/2004 : 15:10:53
