When importing data into an MS Access Database, sometimes there are errors in the formatting of the data source.
As I recall, when this happens, MS Access will put the offending row into a separate table called <something>.
What is this table's proper name?
Import Errors is the name of the table, followed by an integer if you have had previous failed imports. (Access 2003: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access-help/import-or-link-data-and-objects-HP005187610.aspx?CTT=1)
Access will create a table called Paste Errors for pasted data.
I notice that in Access 2010, the file is called <name of import file>_ImportErrors, for example, importing try.txt would give try_ImportErrors:
Error Field Row
Null value in an auto-number field id 2
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One really annoying thing about Access is that when using the import wizard to import a CSV file, if there is a column in the CSV that isn't a field in the table being imported into, it gives you an error and shuts down the import. It should provide an option to skip columns in the source file if it isn't in the already existing table. Yes, it does give the option to skip if creating a new table from the source file, but that isn't what I am doing. Is there a solution to this or a way to automate it? Does using the VBA Access import function permit this?
The reason I want to skip these columns is because they were calculated columns in Excel file submitted by client, file is converted to CSV for importing in to Access, and I can easily recalculate them with SQL in Access. No reason to have them in the table.
When running the import wizard, you can save the specifications by some name you choose.
Then use:
DoCmd.TransferText acImportDelim, SpecificationName, ... etc.
I'm using ms access 2007. I save the database contain table in 2003 format. If i open a file, i saw four table. But three table are able to open. one table is unable to open and occur a message unrecognized database format.Please help me. It's very important one. How to recover that table.
If compress and repair your db cannot restore your table, I think that the only thing you can try is to create a new empty access db and import your four tables from your corrupted db.
I am using SSIS to import an Excel file into a table in my SQL Server 2008 database.
Currently I am able to import data into the table by using data flow setting Excel file as the source and data table as the destination. My current import is based on the column mapping between source and the destination, but now I want to add an extra column to the table (basically this column will have the id that is given to the Excel file of which the rows are part of, so this value will be same for each row that belongs to the file whose data we are currently importing)
This column is not present in the source Excel sheet and its value is in a SSIS user variable. I want the insertion of this value a part of the import process, but I cannot figure it out?
How can I achieve this?
The connection manager for the destination doesn't allow me to map user variables to columns...
Put in a Derived column between the Excel Source and the Database destination.
Create a column there and use the SSIS User Variable as the value expression for the column.
Add a execute SQL task after the dataflow task and update the extra column with the variable with an update statement.
SQL 2008 : Using SQL SSIS Package, I am exporting Excel Sheet to Text File and then Exporting to SQL Database. I decided to follow two steps of Export process as because of datatype mismatch between SQL Database and some of Excel Columns. When there is a mismatch in the Datatype, SSIS Package stops the Export Process but results as SSIS Package ran successfully.
To avoid partial import of Excel sheet, i decided to follow two steps of export. When different datatype of Excel Sheet goes to Text File, it reflect as String. When i am exporting back from Text file to SQL Database,it goes as STRING and again failing to export due to datatype mismatch.
Major Issue : If there is a mismatch in the Excel Sheet at nth row, Export stops at the nth row. Still, we get the output as Package Successful.
How to fix the datatype mismatch of Excel Data Export to SQL Database ?
You could approach it slightly differently as follows: read the excel spreadsheet in directly to one or more staging table(s) but force all columns to be VARCHAR/NVARCHAR columns. This will then enable you to read all rows into SQL without errors. Then create a second DFT to read from the staging table(s) into your correctly defined table(s)(correctly defined in terms of field type/size). You can build error logging into the second DFT to pump erroneous rows into an error table for later attention.
I am upgrading some of my MS Access programs from 2003 to 2007 version. I have a variable stored "Public" in the main menu of a program. In another form, I write that variable to a record (the form is using unbound data). The VBA line "Rst![FieldName]=Forms![Main Menu].strUser" gives a RunTime error of 3000, Reserved error (-1524).
What the heck is going on???????
Thanks for any help given.
I encouteredthe error when updating an mdb split database (frontend backend) to Access 2010. The original mdb database used an internal linkage (an autoid number in one table linked to the same number defauted in a second table). I encountered the problem when trying to import the first table mentioned above. I could not import the table or copy-paste the table without getting the "Reserved error (-1624) error.
The solution was to import the other tables that imported ok without the problem into a new 2010 database, and then use a make table query to duplicate the problem table in the new 2010 version. The process preserved the auto id numbering, so the internal relationship is preserved in the new, updated database.
I did have the same problem and after look the records in one table discover that one record had language changed and was all in Chinese alphabet.
After delete the record no more error.
Looks like, in my case, the error was generated because the primary key was used to link to another table. I did a check after and manage to identify one record in the other table that do not exist in the main table (record I deleted).