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 Missing info on xls upload

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gsolares
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Posted - 2008-10-23 : 14:48:54
I have a simple DTS package that uploads an xls file into a table. There is one column where the first 125 items are blank but all the rest (about 5000) have info. The uploaded information is showing NULL values for all items on that column.
Here is the kick, if I add info on the first ocurrance of that field on the xls file and then I upload, all the values of that field are uploaded correctly.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

GS

webfred
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

8781 Posts

Posted - 2008-10-24 : 08:37:50
It's because at this time the wizard looks not at all rows only the first few (don't know how many) rows are checked to get the required information for the next steps...
It's a known problem.

Webfred

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gsolares
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Posted - 2008-10-24 : 10:43:32
Thanks Webfred,

So this means there is no known solution for this known problem?

Thanks,

GS
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webfred
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

8781 Posts

Posted - 2008-10-24 : 11:08:24
I don't know about a solution.
I think you are not looking for a workaround that requires manually action...
But it's at least possible to sort your execelfile in the other direction so that rows with all filled columns appear to the import wizard.

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