import wizard wont insert NULL values into datetime field

  • I have a text file with values of NULL or datetime in a column. The import wizard errors out due to the NULL value even though the destination field allows NULL. The current workaround is to change the datatype to varchar(50), do the import, run the following script, and then change the datatype back to datetime

    set CONFIRMATION_DATE = null

    where isdate(CONFIRMATION_DATE) = 0

    the following is the error message

    Error 0xc0202009: Data Flow Task: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_OLEDBERROR. An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80004005.

    An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft SQL Native Client" Hresult: 0x80004005 Description: "Invalid character value for cast specification".

    (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)

    Error 0xc020901c: Data Flow Task: There was an error with input column "Column 1" (109) on input "Destination Input" (87). The column status returned was: "The value could not be converted because of a potential loss of data.".

    (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)

    Error 0xc0209029: Data Flow Task: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_INDUCEDTRANSFORMFAILUREONERROR. The "input "Destination Input" (87)" failed because error code 0xC0209077 occurred, and the error row disposition on "input "Destination Input" (87)" specifies failure on error. An error occurred on the specified object of the specified component. There may be error messages posted before this with more information about the failure.

    (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)

    Error 0xc0047022: Data Flow Task: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_PROCESSINPUTFAILED. The ProcessInput method on component "Destination - CARTUS_1_TEMP" (74) failed with error code 0xC0209029. The identified component returned an error from the ProcessInput method. The error is specific to the component, but the error is fatal and will cause the Data Flow task to stop running. There may be error messages posted before this with more information about the failure.

    (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)

    Error 0xc0047021: Data Flow Task: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_THREADFAILED. Thread "WorkThread0" has exited with error code 0xC0209029. There may be error messages posted before this with more information on why the thread has exited.

    (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)

    Error 0xc02020c4: Data Flow Task: The attempt to add a row to the Data Flow task buffer failed with error code 0xC0047020.

    (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)

    Error 0xc0047038: Data Flow Task: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_PRIMEOUTPUTFAILED. The PrimeOutput method on component "Source - file 1 test_txt" (1) returned error code 0xC02020C4. The component returned a failure code when the pipeline engine called PrimeOutput(). The meaning of the failure code is defined by the component, but the error is fatal and the pipeline stopped executing. There may be error messages posted before this with more information about the failure.

    (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)

    Error 0xc0047021: Data Flow Task: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_THREADFAILED. Thread "SourceThread0" has exited with error code 0xC0047038. There may be error messages posted before this with more information on why the thread has exited.

    (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)

  • anyone???

  • May be this helps: http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic446498-148-1.aspx .

    Please look for the post from Ravi

  • Ulrich Bauhofer (7/28/2009)


    May be this helps: http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic446498-148-1.aspx .

    Please look for the post from Ravi

    During my import, there is a section to check if the field is "nullable" which it is, but it still errors out.

  • Is it empty, or does it say "NULL" in the text file?

  • It says NULL in the text file.

  • That's probably your issue. It is literally trying to insert the character string "NULL" into the datetime field. You need to add a data conversion task to replace the string with an actual null date/time.

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