October 5, 2009 at 1:21 pm
On my .fmt file, I have the following code:
8.0
1
1 SQLCHAR 0 255 "\t" 1 Allied Stk #
When I try to run the following bulk insert:
BULK
INSERT AlliedInventorymaster
FROM '\\cdrexch1\shared\ScannedImages\dee-elect-part.txt'
WITH
(
FORMATFILE = '\\cdrexch1\shared\ScannedImages\AlliedInventoryMaster.fmt'
)
GO
I get the following error:
Cannot perform bulk insert. Invalid collation name for source column 1 in format file '\\cdrexch1\shared\ScannedImages\AlliedInventoryMaster.fmt'.
What seems to be happening is the space that is in the column name of the .fmt file. If I replace Allied Stk # with another column in the table, URL, then it works correctly. Both fields are varchar 255 columns.
Does anyone know how I can resolve this issue?
October 5, 2009 at 2:25 pm
I'm not entirely sure, but to use that column from normal SQL, you'd have to delimit it with [ and ] - so maybe try that.
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October 5, 2009 at 2:48 pm
I tried [] with no luck, '' with no luck, and "" with no luck so far 🙁
October 5, 2009 at 2:55 pm
From reading this:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms191479.aspx
I would say you want to change 'Allied Stk #' to just 'Allied' - basically the name seems to have very little to do with it, and it's the server column order field which seems to be the important one.
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October 5, 2009 at 3:05 pm
That did the trick, thanks!
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