Problem with uploading data SQL

Hello,

I have problem:

My *.txt file is like it:
"
12345612345678123
abcdefabcdefghabc
" etc.

i want upload data into table (for example TEST) i want to sql read this
file and automatically upload to table.(as job for example)
but i have 3 columns and i dont know how to separate this text to 3 diffrent
text columns

1 column | second column | third column
-------------
123456 | 12345678 | 123
abcdef | abcdefgh |abc

PLEASE HELP ME, i dont know how to do it.

Robert KlomaHi Robert,

i'm using the following stored proc (sp) for this. I suggest to use field
separators to make it
easier to separate the columns. This sp can be executed by a job.
The imported file should look like this:

1234;abcd;1212
321123;kdkdkd;121233

In the sp you have to replace CPRave15 with your database name.

Hope it helps.

Michael Zankl
http://www.zankl-it.de
Berlin

SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER OFF
GO
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO

/*
================================================== ==========================
==
Syno: imports file specified in @.UNCPathFileName into a table, specified
in @.DBTable
Use ';' as fieldterminator in the imported file

REMARKS:
- User, who runs this SP, has to be a member of SysAdmin
or BulkAdmin
- User must have Insert-Permission on specified Table or
has to be a member of db_owner

TEST:

DECLARE @.RC int,
@.UNCPathFileName varchar(1024),
@.DBTable varchar(128)

SET @.UNCPathFileName = '\\Absrv02\Components\Debitoren.csv'
SET @.DBTable = 'cprSYSMD_DebImp'

EXEC @.RC = cprIMP_File @.UNCPathFileName, @.DBTable
PRINT @.RC

select * from cprsysmd_debimp
--delete from cprSYSMD_DebImp

Author: MZA, http://www.zankl-it.de, 14.01.2003
================================================== ==========================
==
*/
CREATE PROCEDURE cprIMP_File @.UNCPathFileName varchar(1024),
@.DBTable varchar(128)
AS

DECLARE @.RetVal int,
@.Cmd varchar(8000)

--Example
-- BULK INSERT CPRave15.dbo.cprSYSMD_DebImp
-- FROM '\\Absrv02\Components\Debitoren.csv'

SET @.Cmd = '
BULK INSERT CPRave15.dbo.' + @.DBTable + '
FROM ''' + @.UNCPathFileName + '''
WITH (FIELDTERMINATOR = '';'')' --<== IMPORTANT: use a fieldterminator in
imported file

--print @.Cmd
EXEC (@.Cmd)

SET @.RetVal = @.@.ROWCOUNT

RETURN @.RetVal

GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER OFF
GO
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO

"Robert K" <rkloma@.hotmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:bi1qj0$etr$1@.news.onet.pl...
> Hello,
> I have problem:
> My *.txt file is like it:
> "
> 12345612345678123
> abcdefabcdefghabc
> " etc.
> i want upload data into table (for example TEST) i want to sql read this
> file and automatically upload to table.(as job for example)
> but i have 3 columns and i dont know how to separate this text to 3
diffrent
> text columns
> 1 column | second column | third column
> -------------
> 123456 | 12345678 | 123
> abcdef | abcdefgh |abc
> PLEASE HELP ME, i dont know how to do it.
> Robert Kloma
>
>|||"Robert K" <rkloma@.hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<bi1qj0$etr$1@.news.onet.pl>...
> Hello,
> I have problem:
> My *.txt file is like it:
> "
> 12345612345678123
> abcdefabcdefghabc
> " etc.
> i want upload data into table (for example TEST) i want to sql read this
> file and automatically upload to table.(as job for example)
> but i have 3 columns and i dont know how to separate this text to 3 diffrent
> text columns
> 1 column | second column | third column
> -------------
> 123456 | 12345678 | 123
> abcdef | abcdefgh |abc
> PLEASE HELP ME, i dont know how to do it.
> Robert Kloma

One option is to create a staging table with one column, load the data
into that table without changing it, then insert into the final table
like this:

insert into dbo.TEST (col1, col2, col3)
select left(StagingColumn, 6), left(StagingColumn, 8),
left(StagingColumn, 3)
from dbo.StagingTable

Simon|||hello, thank you for hint but:

i want to read this data
My *.txt file is like it:
"
1234567890

" etc

1 column | second column | third column
-------------
12 | 3456 | 789

how to do it ,

> One option is to create a staging table with one column, load the data
> into that table without changing it, then insert into the final table
> like this:
> insert into dbo.TEST (col1, col2, col3)
> select left(StagingColumn, 2), left(StagingColumn, 4),
> left(StagingColumn, 4)
> from dbo.StagingTable

the result is of this is
1 column | second column | third column
-------------
12 | 1234 | 1234