My schema.ini file is being ignored.I get the same results whether I have a scheme.ini file in the same folder as my tab file or not. All of the columns end up in a single column. I am trying to use a schema.ini as I am importing tab delimited files. The results make perfect sense if it is trying to import a comma delim file.
So my postulate is that the schema.ini file is just being ignored.
I am running Access from a .Net program using Microsoft Access 14.0 Object.Library.
I am using this command from .net:
Access.DoCmd.TransferText( Microsoft.Office.Interop.Access.AcTextTransferType.acImportDelim, , TableName, TabFile, HasFieldNames)
Here is my schema.ini file, not that it matters since it is being completely ignored:
[impacts.txt]
Format=TabDelimited
ColNameHeader=True
MaxScanRows=0
Clues? Thanks!
EDIT:
I tried running this from within an Access Module with the same results.
I tried editing the registry to change the Format value there. Same results.
Consider an action query, either append or make-table, as the use of schema.ini files can work directly in an Access query of a text file. Below assumes .ini file is in same directory as text file.
INSERT INTO mytableName
SELECT * FROM [text;Database=C:\Path\To\Text\File].[impacts.txt]
SELECT * INTO newtableName FROM [text;Database=C:\Path\To\Text\File].[impacts.txt]
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is ist possible to convert .DBF files to any other format?
Does anybody knows a script, that can be used to convert .DBF files to an mysql query.
It would be also fine, to convert the DBF files to CSV files.
I always got problems with the codec of the DBF files.
Konstantin
https://www.dbase.com/Knowledgebase/faq/import_export_data.asp
Q: How do I export data from a dBASE table to a text file?
A: Exporting data from dBASE to a text file is handled through the COPY TO command.
Like the APPEND FROM command, there are a number of ways to use this command. Here we are only interested in it's most basic use. Once you understand how to use this command, you can go to your on-line help for further details on what can be accomplished with the COPY TO command.
In order to export data you must first be using the table from which the data will be exported. As before, you will be employing the USE command in the command window.
USE <tablename>
For example:
USE Mytest.dbf
Once the table is in use, all you need to do is type the following command in the command window:
COPY TO <filename> TYPE DELIMITED
For example:
COPY TO Myexport.txt TYPE DELIMITED
This would result in a file being created in the current directory called Myexport.txt which would be in the DELIMITED or *.CSV format.
If we had wanted to export the data in the *.SDF format, we would have typed:
COPY TO Myexport.txt TYPE SDF
This would result in a file being created in the current directory called Myexport.txt which would be in the System Delimted or *.SDF format.
Those are the basics on how to import and export text data into a dBASE table. For further information consult the on-line help for the APPEND FROM and COPY TO commands.
I converted old (circa 1997) DBF files to CSV using Python and the dbfread module.
After installation of Python, from the Python interpreter (<WIN> + 'Python') install the dbfread module:
>>> pip install dbfread
The module has many method to read DBF files and excellent documentation.
Then a Python script does the job, or typing directly into the interpreter:
# Read the DBF file
table = DBF('C:/my_dbf_file.dbf', encoding='1252')
outFileName = 'C:/my_export.csv'
with open(outFileName, 'w', newline='', encoding='1252' ) as file:
writer = csv.writer(file)
writer.writerow(table.field_names)
for record in table:
writer.writerow(list(record.values()))
Note that each record in the database is read and save one at a time and that the first line of the CSV file are the column's names.
Encoding could be problematic, a list of encoding to try is here: The dbread.DBF() method tries to guess the encoding but is not perfect. This is why in the code I specify the parameters encoding in both DBF() and csv.open().
I'm trying to do an export from access into a text file via a query
select CustomerName
into [Text;FMT=TabDelimited;HDR=NO;DATABASE=C:\Temp\;].CustomerList.txt
from Customer
however, every line is getting wrapped in double quotes. Is there a way to turn off the quoting (I'm only ever setting one column), or can I use a custom quote character (e.g. set it to blank)?
Method 1
You have to add manually a schema.ini in the directory you wish to export
In your case, it should contain :
TextDelimiter="none"
Method 2
Another way to do it is to use the TransferText method, with :
SpecificationName Optional Variant. A string expression that's the
name of an import or export specification you've created and saved in
the current database. For a fixed-width text file, you must either
specify an argument or use a schema.ini file, which must be stored in
the same folder as the imported, linked, or exported text file. To
create a schema file, you can use the text import/export wizard to
create the file. For delimited text files and Microsoft Word mail
merge data files, you can leave this argument blank to select the
default import/export specifications.
for your export specification, which is a oneshot operation, you will use the wizard and there you have an "advanced" button bringing a menu where you can set the text delimiter to nothing.
Google is your friend. You've got enough clues now to sort it out.
I have a folder containing a number of csv files, e.g. "leeds dz.csv", "leeds gh.csv", "leeds fr.csv". The first part of the file names is constant (i.e. always "leeds").
I want to import each to Stata individually, convert to .dta file and save it. Currently I have this code:
cd "etcetc"
clear
local myfilelist : dir . files"*.csv"
foreach file of local myfilelist {
drop _all
insheet using `file', comma
local outfile = subinstr("`file'",".csv","",.)
save "`outfile'", replace
}
The code works fine if I rename all the .csv files manually to delete the "leeds" part, ie if each .csv is named "dz.csv" instead of "leeds dz.csv" etc.
However, if I do not do this deletion I receive the error "invalid 'dz.csv' "
I'm guessing this has something to do with my 3rd line of code, in particular the "*.csv". But I'm unsure how to adapt the code/ why it won't allow me to import files with a space in the name?
The line
insheet using `file', comma
will be problematic with any filename containing spaces.
Try
insheet using "`file'", comma
The help for insheet is quite explicit on this:
If filename is specified without an extension, .raw is assumed. If your
filename contains embedded spaces, remember to enclose it in double
quotes.
I need to export varbinary data to file. But, when I do it using Column Transformations in SSIS, the exported files are corrupt. There are few junk characters at the start of the file. On removing them, the file opens fine.
A similar post for BCP, says that these characters specify the data length.
Would like to know how to address this issue in SSIS?
Thanks
Export transformation is used for converting the varbinary to files.I have tried something similar using Adventure works which has image type of var-binary data.
Following Query is used for the Source query. I have Modified the query
since it does not have the full path to write image files.
SELECT [ProductPhotoID]
,[ThumbNailPhoto]
,'D:\SSISTesting\ThumnailPhotos\'+[ThumbnailPhotoFileName]
,[LargePhoto]
,'D:\SSISTesting\LargePhotos\'+[LargePhotoFileName]
,[ModifiedDate]
FROM [Production].[ProductPhoto]
Used the Export column transformation[also available in 2005 and
2008] and configured as follows.
Mapped rest of the columns to the destination.
After running package all the image files are written into the
respective folders[D:\SSISTesting\ThumnailPhotos\ and D:\SSISTesting\LargePhotos].
Hope this helps!
We have an SSIS package which reads from a DB, creates a flat file from that info, and drops it to a file server.
I recently made an update to the package's query which is used against the DB, adjusted the column mappings, and placed it under the SQL Job which ran the SSIS package before.
The problem is that the text qualifier in the flat file should be a quotation mark: ". But when I checked the flat file it produced, the text qualifier showing is: _x0022_
I investigated the Text Qualifier property for the DestinationConnectionFlatFile, and it is set to a quotation mark: "
How can I ensure the flat file will have a text qualifier of quotation mark?
Here is a previous answer I found when this happened to me:
SSIS exporting data to flat file renders double quotes as hexadecimal characters
Additionally ,
This issue occures because of installation issue. So if you see this sort of Issue, It mean if you are loading from file Database table and file contains 100 records , then instead of 100 records only 99 records would get loaded to database , last records would get skipped.
I had same issue, to fix that I had re-instalation of
1) MS Visual Studio
2) MS BI Studio
in the sequence mentioned above.
Given below are the two solutions :
Solution 1: Open the Package in Notepad and Edit the Value present in the "TextQualifier" of particular object to """.
object Name
"
Solution 2: open the Package and Replace the Value in the "TextQualifier" of the Flat File Connection Managers (FFD,SRC,SOURCE) to "\"".
Solution 1: Open the Package in Notepad and Edit the Value present in the "TextQualifier" of particular object to (") " follow semicolon
object Name
"
Thanks,
Prakash.A