Import failed with BCP and XML-Format-File

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Import failed with BCP and XML-Format-File

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Fasse
Starting Member

5 Posts

Posted - 2008-01-21 : 11:25:14

I have a table with 2 row:

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[EABL](
	[DSID] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
	[ABLBELNR] [nvarchar](255) NULL)

If I make a XML formatfile which look like this:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<BCPFORMAT ...>
  <RECORD>
    <FIELD ID="1" xsi:type="CharTerm" TERMINATOR="\t" MAX_LENGTH="20"/>
  </RECORD>
  <ROW>
    <COLUMN SOURCE="1" NAME="ABLBELNR"  xsi:type="SQLNVARCHAR"/>
  </ROW>
</BCPFORMAT>

then the import failed with the following error message:

[Microsoft][SQL Native Client]All bound columns are not read-only

If I delete the identity column then the import works correct.

What can I do, so that I can import with the identity column ?

Thanks for you help
Fasse

rmiao
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

7266 Posts

Posted - 2008-01-21 : 15:54:29

Have to enable identity insert with 'set identity_insert on'.

russell
Pyro-ma-ni-yak

5072 Posts

Posted - 2008-01-21 : 16:10:32

BCP has switch to keep identity values from source file too

Fasse
Starting Member

5 Posts

Posted - 2008-01-21 : 16:29:22

Thanks for your response.

But I don't want to set the identity manually. Sql-Server should fill them automatically. The problem is, that BCP gave me an error and didn't fill the 2. column :(

rmiao
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

7266 Posts

Posted - 2008-01-21 : 16:44:34

Tried with -E option in bcp as Russell said?

Fasse
Starting Member

5 Posts

Posted - 2008-01-21 : 17:13:58

Ok, I will try it tomorrow.

Thanks.

Fasse
Starting Member

5 Posts

Posted - 2008-01-22 : 06:17:41

I found the problem.

Using XML in the format file of BCP doesn't allow you to ignore one column in the database (in my case the identity column). So I have to create a view without the identity column and make the insert into this view or to use the "old" format file without XML.

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