I developing package for import data from excel to SQL DB using SSIS.
In one of the excel sheet following value present no format is used it's general .
0.0000316
0.0000088
0.0000022
0.000001
I insert above value into DB following data present in DB. in DB it's float data type.
3.16E-05
8.8E-06
2.2E-06
1E-06
How to insert without E . I need to insert same value in excel sheet. It's possible?
The data in the database is exactly the same data in the Excel. The only difference is the way in which it's shown. I don't know what are you using that data for, but I can assure you that you'll get the same data when fyou do calculations as you would in Excel (Excel also uses flotaing point numbers).
If you need, for some reason, to see the query results in a particular format, use SQL Server FORMAT function.
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I'm facing problem when Excel date column data were import SQL Server table through Logic apps.
Excel value shows as 7/4/2021 column. which was need import is a varchar column in the table. After data import it shows as 44381. Is there any solution for it.
Did you preview the data before run the pipeline? I tested load the same data from excel file to SQL table varchar column, everything works well. We can't repeat you error. Please check if there are any different steps between you and I.
This my source excel file:
Source dataset preview:
These three columns are both considered as String data type. My sink table schema and pipeline output:
I have several 100 excel files that are not normalized enough for me to efficiently import into the tables of my database. It is difficult to find information but from what I have seen it is possible to index xlsx files with FTS. I am not really looking to implement an alternate database for this as it is a one time thing that will not receive new data.
Would it be possible to do this with FTS and if so could someone point me in the right direction as the info I've found on msdn is quite vague.
Thanks.
I have done something similar using BULK. I would suggest taking a look at it
http://www.sqlteam.com/article/using-bulk-insert-to-load-a-text-file
How it works is excel data can be taken as a text file. Each column is separated by a ";" and each row by "\n" you can then use BULK to crawl through your excel sheet and insert it in a table.
Note that all the values coming from BULK are text values. So if your table contains int values, for example, you will need a temporary table.
CREATE TABLE #TEMPORARYTABLE(
)
The # creates a table that only exists until you disconnect from sql server.
All values in that table should be nvarchars
You can then insert into your real table the #TEMPORARYTABLE and CAST the Nvarchar values to int values or whatever else you need
FTS is a feature in SQL Server, The data you want to create FTS for needs to in a SQL Server database.
Excel being in Excel and not in SQL Server , you will not be able to create FTS for them Excel sheets.
But if you import that data into SQL Server only then you will be able to make use of FTS features, till then unfortunately FTS is not an option for you.
I have an Excel spreadsheet, with one worksheet, with one column, containing key values I want to use to lookup data in a SQL Server view.
I can import the view data just fine using ADO or ODBC, but cannot figure out how to have the "Microsoft Query" tool add both the Excel Worksheet and the SQL View in a single query, so that I can join the data. I had also hoped VLOOKUP might lookup external data, but did not find anything,
I have looked for hours and am stumped. Certainly this can be done somehow where I can use a key in an Excel file to fetch a single related SQL table row back into Excel? I'm a hard core C# developer but seem to regularly struggle with Excel...
I would import the excel data into a staging table in your SQL Server database.
Of course you can use ADO to get the excel data into SQL Server.
Then you can join the view with your staging table.
hope this helps.
Trying (and largely succeeding) to export the results of a query from SQL Server to Excel, like so:
insert into OPENROWSET('Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0',
'Excel 8.0;Database=c:\exported excel files\exported_data.xls;',
'SELECT * FROM [Query$]') SELECT dbo.blabbityblah FROM dbo.the_table
It works! Sort of. It does export the data to the excel file, but it puts it all in there as text, even though some of the columns are datetime and most of them are numbers. None of them are being convert()-ed in the query itself. I've tried preformatting the cells in the actual Excel file before running the query, but it ignores the existing formating and spits it all out as text again.
There's got to be a way to do this, right?
excel dont have data type, its text based and preformat not work becus it replace existing file. if u want datatype try MS Access.
Look into using a schema.ini file to define the datatypes in a csv or txt. when you open either in excel you may achieve what you want
[sample_out.csv]
Format=CSVDelimited
DecimalSymbol=.
Col1=DATE datetime
Col2=FName Text
Another approach you may want to look at depending on your needs is to use the import and export wizard. You can customize a query for the data and specify the data type in the wizard. If you are using a SKU other than Express you can the run it right away or save the SSIS package is generated for further manipulation.
I have an excel sheet that shows the height-weight acceptable by underwriting class (insurance). I would like to load it into a relational database table with the following columns - underwriting_class, height and weight. Is there a way to do the transformation thru' SQL
You can use SSIS (Integration Services) for this as either a one time load or save the package to load as often as your data updates in the spreadsheet.
You can manage the headers and many other column properties within the package. So, you would be able to create your new table(s) based on the pages in the workbook.
Here is a good primer on SSIS 2005
How to import an Excel file into SQL Server 2005 using Integration Services
Assuming underwriting_class is in column A, height is in B and weight is in C, create column D with a formula like this:
="INSERT INTO some_table(underwriting_class, height, weight) VALUES ('"&A:A&"', "&B:B&", "&C:C&",);"
Fill that down for all the data you have
Copy column D and paste into Notepad
Save as a .sql file
Create the table in your database
Use whatever database client you use to load your .sql file into the database