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starnold
Yak Posting Veteran
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 Posted - 2005-10-25 : 10:50:31
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| I have a Comma Delimited text file and I am trying to import the file into a SQL table. Some of the fields within SQL are set up with the Type = int, but I get an error saying that the input field is a string and it can't convert. Is there a way of changing the import file to make it an int rather than a string? |
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nr
SQLTeam MVY
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Posted - 2005-10-25 : 14:10:06
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| What format is the file - if it is an ascii file then the problem is that the data in the field is not numeric.Import the data into a staging table (maybe a temp table?) with all character columns then you can manipulate the data before moving it to the production tables.==========================================Cursors are useful if you don't know sql.DTS can be used in a similar way.Beer is not cold and it isn't fizzy. |
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Import into Int