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all groups > sql server dts > december 2005 > threads for december 22 - 28, 2005

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Using LoadFromSQLServer fails with OLAP tasks in a package
Posted by Jim Trowbridge at 12/28/2005 6:35:02 PM
I can use LoadFromSQLServer successfully unless the target package contains OLAP tasks, then it appears to hang this procedure. Anyone got a workaround ? TIA...more >>


producing a date time report in SQL/DTS
Posted by Blasting Cap at 12/28/2005 6:26:18 PM
I have need to produce a report (excel sheet actually) from SQL that would run each Tuesday and each Friday of every week. What needs to be on the Tuesday report is everything that came in from the Friday midnight time, until the Monday midnight time. The friday report(sheet) would have ev...more >>

Importing Excel files to SQL
Posted by pomarina at 12/28/2005 12:32:36 PM
Hi everybody, I have 1 to n Excel spreadsheets I need to load to SQL tables. Excel files names are table names in database and Excel column names are table columns. I need to check if table exists in db, rename existing one to name_bak, create a new table and insert data into it from Excel. ...more >>

DTS text file import
Posted by Manish at 12/28/2005 8:39:03 AM
When i try to import a file with 471000 rows of data using Microsoft text driver to a SQL Server (version 7), DTS only imports about 416000 rows and give me a success message. I tried deleting a few rows of data and inserting a few rows of data, and also checked the full data set to make su...more >>

Export from table to multiline text file
Posted by kapsolas at 12/28/2005 8:39:03 AM
I am not sure if this is possible or not but I am trying to do the following. I need to export data to a test file in the following format: [Users] firstname=john lastname=smith when Creating my table which stores this information, I am using T-SQL to concatenate my values into one row, ...more >>

Use global variable to update a table
Posted by txksa at 12/27/2005 1:41:40 PM
In part of a DTS package a user will input a value. I need to take that value and update a table. Something along the lines of "UPDATE dbo.OLSParms" & _ " SET dbo.OLSParms.Val = '" & DTSGlobalVariables("Category").Value & "'" From within the activex script task, how would I write this?...more >>

Flat File import
Posted by Bigal at 12/27/2005 1:37:53 PM
Hello, I need to import data from a flat file into a sql server 2000 database. The Fate file has no delimiters. I have the specs for this file so I do knowthe layout of this file. Can somebody point me in the rigvht direction to accomplish this. Thanks...more >>

How To Create DTS package on Setup Program ?
Posted by Haki at 12/27/2005 5:29:03 AM
I' m using setup program for making my project's install.exe. How can I create my DTS packages from command or query if is possible....more >>



SSIS/DTS or simple insert?
Posted by nick at 12/25/2005 11:45:02 PM
I need to dump Access MDB files to SQL Server 2005. No extract and transfer, just transfer the raw data. However, the mdb files can be reaching the limitation of 2G. Is there any benifit (especially performance) to use SSIS to load the MDB files? Or a simple SQL statement (with openquery to...more >>

DTS Step should run Last
Posted by (jariwala_b NO[at]SPAM rediffmail.com) at 12/25/2005 9:23:32 PM
I have created one DTS package with 5 tables transfer from source to destination db.I am transfering incremental data from source comparing timestamp column value from each of these tables.for this to i am storing datetime value in global varaible called Last_Export_Date. I am updating Last_Expor...more >>

Moving Full database to Empty database
Posted by Roy Goldhammer at 12/24/2005 2:05:16 PM
Hello there I have database with many relationsips At the start it is empty and when i'm trying to import to it data. some of the tables are failed due to key violations Is there a way to import the data in this cases? ...more >>

Log File is growing
Posted by Roy Goldhammer at 12/23/2005 2:26:58 PM
Hello there I've run dts between two servers that connected by the internet, and one of the tables failed. I've transfered 78Mb, and the log file has increased in 100Mb. Whayd did the log file has increased that mutch? and how can i prevent it? ...more >>

DTS 6 TXT each with 9000 rows, 900 columns in SQL Server 2000
Posted by AppDev at 12/23/2005 1:05:01 PM
Windows 2000 Server SP4, Dual 2.4 GHz P4 Xeon machine, 3776 MB RAM SQL Server 2000, all patches and service packs applied I am trying to import 6 text files (comma separated data) with roughly 9000 rows and 900 columns (file extension is .txt not .csv). Each file is about 10 MB in size. I...more >>

Transform Data Task limit?
Posted by Mike Austin at 12/23/2005 11:37:03 AM
I have a DTS package with 12 Transform Data Tasks in it (along with 2 data sources and 3 sql tasks). When I run the entire package one or more of the Transform Data Tasks do not execute. I can run them manually, but that is not the point. No error messages are generated. Is there a limi...more >>

Status Column vs. ExecutionStatus/ExecutionResult
Posted by John Saunders at 12/22/2005 8:42:04 PM
I'm using DTS in SQL Server 2000. This is the first time I've used it extensively. I have a task which is trying to "manually" roll back a set of steps if any errors have occurred in a previous step. In the Execution Progress dialog, the previous step shows up with "Errors occurred (nnn)". Yet...more >>

DTS in SQL 2000 Workgroup
Posted by mtncruzr at 12/22/2005 5:34:02 PM
If DTS is not supported in the new Workgroup version of SQL 2000, how does one get data and SPROCs in and out of a server? Is there some replication-like process to transfer from one SQL site to another without all of the transfomation capabilities of DTS?...more >>

Help! I need a simple way to import an Excel file...
Posted by Jim at 12/22/2005 3:39:13 PM
Hi, I recently upgraded my dev machine to SQL 2005. It's the only machine on our network that's running SQL 2005; everything else is on SQL 2000. It's been a bit of a struggle getting used to the new management console, but mostly liveable. However, now I'm getting totally frustrated by ...more >>

Table changes not showing up in the DTS transformation task
Posted by Larry Bird at 12/22/2005 9:02:02 AM
I have a DTS package that performs data transformation from a flat file to a database table. I've added two columns to the table but, the two table do not show up when I look at the transformation tasks in mu DTS package. Shouldn't the new columns show in the transformation step automatica...more >>

Encoding problem
Posted by SoccerManic at 12/22/2005 2:03:46 AM
Hi, Is it possible to output the content of a table into .txt file using UTF-8 encoding and how? Thanks in advance. ...more >>

Error with DTS package
Posted by Fr NO[at]SPAM nk at 12/22/2005 12:37:03 AM
Dear all, Since I'm reasonably new in this field, I hope you can help me with a strange problem. At least: for me it's strange! I have made a few data copy-and-filter steps, copying data from one table to another, using DTS-packages based on queries. These DTS-packages are combined in a ...more >>


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