Problem with SQL Server 2000, Bulk Insert and smalldatetime

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#36907 3-Jul-2009 10:18

Hi Peoples,

I'm attempting to import a csv file into a databse table using a stored procedure, but I'm running into a little issue with one of the date fields. The column is in smalldatetime format, and the value of the field that the bulk insert is failing on is "01/06/2008", on the first row of the csv. The error I am getting is a type mis-match error. This is the 10th column in the db so i know its inserting the rest of the data properly.

Any help anyone can give would be much appreciated.

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#230616 3-Jul-2009 10:40

Have you tried inserting '2008-06-01' instead?

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#230617 3-Jul-2009 10:42

I just tried changing the value in the cvs of the first row and I'm still getting the same error.

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#230625 3-Jul-2009 11:04

I just tried changing the format to 20080601 as well with no luck. I did however manage to use DTS to import that data. Does anyone know of a way I can create a stored procedure from this? Or should I just make it a scheduled task? The data will need to be updated every few weeks but I would rather have it as a stored procedure so I can interact with it through the website rather than having to remote console in all the time.

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#230630 3-Jul-2009 11:24

Just realised that the data is being imported all as a varchar which is not what I want, and I really wanna try and get the sp working. The sp I am using is

CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.sp_ImportData

AS

BULK

INSERT Data

FROM 'c:\Data.csv'

WITH

(
FIRSTROW=2,
FIELDTERMINATOR = ',',
ROWTERMINATOR = '\n'
)
GO

I realise I probably have to convert the data from a varchar to smalldatetime or something similar, just not sure how. (You'll have to forgive me, I'm really really new to all this database stuff).

Thanks for any suggestions or help.

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#230671 3-Jul-2009 13:25

Well I have just figured out what the problem was. When I was opening the file the default was for it to open in Excel, which is fine, except that excel displays the information slightly differently to how it appears in the csv. In the csv everything that is not a number is surrounded by " ", with numbers having nothing surrounding them. In excel everything was displayed without quotes. The solution is to create a File Format to import the data into the table.

Hopefully this helps save someone else from this mistake later on.