Import in table identity column

I am importing data in the table which has primary key as identity.
Data file doesn't has the data for the column.
I created view which has the column except the identity column trying
to import but getting error
Server: Msg 515, Level 16, State 2, Line 1
Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'ID', table 'MyTable; column
does not allow nulls. INSERT fails.
Note: Bulk Insert through a view may result in base table default
values being ignored for NULL columns in the data file.
The statement has been terminated.
Please help.
Thanks
--
FarhanUnless I am missing something, you should be able to import into the table
normally. Don't try to put anything in the Identity column. It will assign
the values automatically. Forget about creating a view to import into.
HTH
Paul
"fsoomro@.chartlinks.com" wrote:

> I am importing data in the table which has primary key as identity.
> Data file doesn't has the data for the column.
> I created view which has the column except the identity column trying
> to import but getting error
> Server: Msg 515, Level 16, State 2, Line 1
> Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'ID', table 'MyTable; column
> does not allow nulls. INSERT fails.
> Note: Bulk Insert through a view may result in base table default
> values being ignored for NULL columns in the data file.
> The statement has been terminated.
> Please help.
> Thanks
> --
> Farhan
>|||This works fine.
use northwind
go
create table t (colA int not null identity(1, 1) unique, colB varchar(25))
insert into t (colB) values('a')
insert into t (colB) values('b')
insert into t (colB) values('c')
execute master..xp_cmdshell N'bcp "select colB from northwind.dbo.t"
queryout d:\temp\test.tbl -Smyserver -T -c'
select * from t
delete t
go
create view myview
as
select colB from t
go
bulk insert northwind.dbo.myview
from 'd:\temp\test.tbl'
with
(
fieldterminator = '\t',
rowterminator = '\n'
)
go
select * from t
go
drop view myview
go
drop table t
go
execute master..xp_cmdshell N'del d:\temp\test.tbl'
go
AMB
"fsoomro@.chartlinks.com" wrote:

> I am importing data in the table which has primary key as identity.
> Data file doesn't has the data for the column.
> I created view which has the column except the identity column trying
> to import but getting error
> Server: Msg 515, Level 16, State 2, Line 1
> Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'ID', table 'MyTable; column
> does not allow nulls. INSERT fails.
> Note: Bulk Insert through a view may result in base table default
> values being ignored for NULL columns in the data file.
> The statement has been terminated.
> Please help.
> Thanks
> --
> Farhan
>sql

Import Flat file to sql server programmatically

Hi,

i want to import flat file data to sql server. i created a package in vb.net. if the import table column is identity means i got

Failure inserting into the read-only column "ID".
Column metadata validation failed.
"component "OLE DB Destination" (10)" failed validation and returned validation status "VS_ISBROKEN".
One or more component failed validation.
There were errors during task validation. error.

how can i rectify this error? or how can i ignore the identity column in coding.

thanks & regards,

sivani

Don't map a column to the identity column in the table. Leave it out.

For instance, in terms of SQL this won't work:

insert into table (ID, Description) values (1,'Row1');

But this will:

insert into table (Description) values ('Row1');

So in your package, don't map a data flow field to the identity column.|||

Hi,

Thanks for your reply. i want it to do programmatically. Give me some sample code in vb.net to igmore the identity column.

regards,

sivani

|||

Hi,

i have created a package successfully to import flat file. i got some error while i am importing fixedwidth textfiles. The error is,

No column was specified to allow the component to advance through the file.
component "Flat File Source" (1) failed the pre-execute phase and returned error code 0xC02020F0.

and my text file data like this,

00001234561195469 040000 0000 7674491234 47674491234 211252901209030000199804130128431998041301292900003800IXCRD1

00001234568002251234 0400234096321234 0000 8002251234 09782251234 111170401218830000199804130634501998041305345900000400IXCRD1

can anybody give me a solution?

Thanks & regards,

sivani

|||

Did you find an anwer to your question?

Jay

|||

Sivani wrote:

Hi,

Thanks for your reply. i want it to do programmatically. Give me some sample code in vb.net to igmore the identity column.

regards,

sivani

I don't understand. Don't do anything with the identity column. Leave it out/alone.|||

Yes, Finally i found the solution

Jayanthi.

Import Flat file to sql server programmatically

Hi,

i want to import flat file data to sql server. i created a package in vb.net. if the import table column is identity means i got

Failure inserting into the read-only column "ID".
Column metadata validation failed.
"component "OLE DB Destination" (10)" failed validation and returned validation status "VS_ISBROKEN".
One or more component failed validation.
There were errors during task validation. error.

how can i rectify this error? or how can i ignore the identity column in coding.

thanks & regards,

sivani

Don't map a column to the identity column in the table. Leave it out.

For instance, in terms of SQL this won't work:

insert into table (ID, Description) values (1,'Row1');

But this will:

insert into table (Description) values ('Row1');

So in your package, don't map a data flow field to the identity column.|||

Hi,

Thanks for your reply. i want it to do programmatically. Give me some sample code in vb.net to igmore the identity column.

regards,

sivani

|||

Hi,

i have created a package successfully to import flat file. i got some error while i am importing fixedwidth textfiles. The error is,

No column was specified to allow the component to advance through the file.
component "Flat File Source" (1) failed the pre-execute phase and returned error code 0xC02020F0.

and my text file data like this,

00001234561195469 040000 0000 7674491234 47674491234 211252901209030000199804130128431998041301292900003800IXCRD1

00001234568002251234 0400234096321234 0000 8002251234 09782251234 111170401218830000199804130634501998041305345900000400IXCRD1

can anybody give me a solution?

Thanks & regards,

sivani

|||

Did you find an anwer to your question?

Jay

|||

Sivani wrote:

Hi,

Thanks for your reply. i want it to do programmatically. Give me some sample code in vb.net to igmore the identity column.

regards,

sivani

I don't understand. Don't do anything with the identity column. Leave it out/alone.|||

Yes, Finally i found the solution

Jayanthi.

Import Flat file to sql server programmatically

Hi,

i want to import flat file data to sql server. i created a package in vb.net. if the import table column is identity means i got

Failure inserting into the read-only column "ID".
Column metadata validation failed.
"component "OLE DB Destination" (10)" failed validation and returned validation status "VS_ISBROKEN".
One or more component failed validation.
There were errors during task validation. error.

how can i rectify this error? or how can i ignore the identity column in coding.

thanks & regards,

sivani

Don't map a column to the identity column in the table. Leave it out.

For instance, in terms of SQL this won't work:

insert into table (ID, Description) values (1,'Row1');

But this will:

insert into table (Description) values ('Row1');

So in your package, don't map a data flow field to the identity column.|||

Hi,

Thanks for your reply. i want it to do programmatically. Give me some sample code in vb.net to igmore the identity column.

regards,

sivani

|||

Hi,

i have created a package successfully to import flat file. i got some error while i am importing fixedwidth textfiles. The error is,

No column was specified to allow the component to advance through the file.
component "Flat File Source" (1) failed the pre-execute phase and returned error code 0xC02020F0.

and my text file data like this,

00001234561195469 040000 0000 7674491234 47674491234 211252901209030000199804130128431998041301292900003800IXCRD1

00001234568002251234 0400234096321234 0000 8002251234 09782251234 111170401218830000199804130634501998041305345900000400IXCRD1

can anybody give me a solution?

Thanks & regards,

sivani

|||

Did you find an anwer to your question?

Jay

|||

Sivani wrote:

Hi,

Thanks for your reply. i want it to do programmatically. Give me some sample code in vb.net to igmore the identity column.

regards,

sivani

I don't understand. Don't do anything with the identity column. Leave it out/alone.|||

Yes, Finally i found the solution

Jayanthi.

Import Data and Identity fields

When i run the "Import Data" task from SQL 2005 Managment Studio and select the "Copy data from one or more tables or views" option, I notice the task does not re-create the "Identity" field definitions on the destination table. (SQL 2000 EM did this.) Is there a way to tell the import task to include the identity field definition when creating the destiination tables?

The only work around i've found in SQL Mgmt Studio takes multiple steps:

1) run Generate scripts on the source database, and select all tables to create the table scripts (this includes the identity field on each table)

2) run the script on the destination database to created the tables

3) run the import task, edit mappings and select "enable identity insert".

this is really a pain since i could accomplish this all in 1 step in SQL 2000 EM.

Any suggestions? Please help!

Microsoft? You there? Anybody?|||

You might get more traction on this in the SSIS forum, but I'll give it a try. By the way, this is an all-volunteer forum, so if you need immediate support, see http://microsoft.com/support. It's not only us Microsoft working folks in here, we just maintain the forum and try to help as much as we can.

This series of posts might help:

http://www.developerdotstar.com/community/node/727#comment-8456

Basically it involves the "FAST LOAD" option.

Buck Woody

SQL Server Team

Import Data and Identity fields

When i run the "Import Data" task from SQL 2005 Managment Studio and select the "Copy data from one or more tables or views" option, I notice the task does not re-create the "Identity" field definitions on the destination table. (SQL 2000 EM did this.) Is there a way to tell the import task to include the identity field definition when creating the destiination tables?

The only work around i've found in SQL Mgmt Studio takes multiple steps:

1) run Generate scripts on the source database, and select all tables to create the table scripts (this includes the identity field on each table)

2) run the script on the destination database to created the tables

3) run the import task, edit mappings and select "enable identity insert".

this is really a pain since i could accomplish this all in 1 step in SQL 2000 EM.

Any suggestions? Please help!

Microsoft? You there? Anybody?|||

You might get more traction on this in the SSIS forum, but I'll give it a try. By the way, this is an all-volunteer forum, so if you need immediate support, see http://microsoft.com/support. It's not only us Microsoft working folks in here, we just maintain the forum and try to help as much as we can.

This series of posts might help:

http://www.developerdotstar.com/community/node/727#comment-8456

Basically it involves the "FAST LOAD" option.

Buck Woody

SQL Server Team