You could try importing it as nvarchar into another column and do the conversion afterwards. That's the only thing I can think of except editing the source file to fix the dates first.
Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. The Overflow Blog. Podcast Making Agile work for data science. Stack Gives Back The format file is based on the data-type option specified -n , -c , -w ,or -N and the table or view delimiters. To use a bcp command to create a format file, specify the format argument and use nul instead of a data-file path. The format option also requires the -f option, such as:.
To distinguish a non-XML format file, we recommend that you use. This section contains the following examples that show how to use bcp commands to create a non-XML format file:. The examples use the HumanResources. Department table in the AdventureWorks sample database.
The HumanResources. The following example creates an XML format file, Department-n. Department table. The format file uses native data types. The contents of the generated format file are presented after the command.
The following example creates an XML format file, Department. I can post them all if needed. Jeffrey Williams. If this file is truly a fixed width file - then every record should be the same length.
However, it looks like this might be a ragged-right type of file where each record type is a fixed length but not necessarily the same length as the other record types.
For this type of file - BCP will not work even with a format file. There are other methods - but to determine which one would be better we would need to see the full file specification. Specifically we need to understand how each record type is related and whether or not the relationship is maintained in each record or by position in the file. And then - we would need to be able to identify how to load each record type. Is the destination into a single table - or will there be separate tables for each record type?
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Right now they are being imported into access. There is one spec for the rows that start with '1' and one spec for the rows that start with '2'. Then joined on the promise id. Can I do that with a bpc or what other way? From there, BCP should work. Jeff Moden. Maybe when I install SP2, this messgae will go away Introducing something that can be ignored that breaks dependant programs is a bug, it didn't used to do this, why wont Microsoft recognize this and provide a fix??
Since bcp does not offer a reasonable error handling one has to parse the output for keywords. Our workaround has been not to look for "error" but for "error:" which should sort of work.
It has been a few years now. After upgrading this warning with the same unnecessary "Error" verbiage still generated. Will this get proper attention? Version: I see that back in that I would ping some internal contacts.
I reviewed that conversation now, but it did not lead anywhere. Presumably as a duplicate of the original bug. I see that some people have problems in the thread with third-party products stumbling on this.
If this is a issue that prevents you from upgrading to SQL or later, I would suggest that you open a case with Microsoft. Generally, they are more keen on fixing issues when then there are real business values at stake. Never mind the wild goose chase it puts hundreds, if not thousands of dedicated database solution designers who vigorously and consistently hunt down each and every error.
It is not like they have anything better to do, If I order french fries and you give me a bowl of chili, claiming that I should have known that you use the words french fries to refer to a bowl of chili is stupid. Giving things stupid names is the fault of the namer, not the reader. Substituting a word with one meaning for another word with a different meaning and expecting people to know WTF you're talking about is dumb.
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