Output Column Width not refected in the Flat File that is created using a Flat File Destination?

I am transferring data from an OLEDB source to a Flat File Destination and I want the column width for all of the output columns to 30 (max width amongst the columns selected), but that is not refected in the Fixed Width Flat File that got created. The outputcolumnwidth seems to be the same as the inputcolumnwidth. Is there any other setting that I am possibly missing or is this a possible defect?

Any inputs will be appreciated.

M.Shah

InputColumnWidth represents the width in the file and OutputColumnWidth is the width in the data flow.

This may sound confusing for the case of Flat File destination connection, but the same connection manager object is used for sources and destination. There is also the description of these properties in the property grid of the Flat File Connection Manager UI.

So, to conclude the InputColumnWidth is the one controlling the size of the columns in the destination file.

Thanks.

|||

Thanks for the information. That was definitely helpful to figure out why the OutputColumnWidth was not reflected in the flat file.

Output Column Width not refected in the Flat File that is created using a Flat File Destination?

I am transferring data from an OLEDB source to a Flat File Destination and I want the column width for all of the output columns to 30 (max width amongst the columns selected), but that is not refected in the Fixed Width Flat File that got created. The outputcolumnwidth seems to be the same as the inputcolumnwidth. Is there any other setting that I am possibly missing or is this a possible defect?

Any inputs will be appreciated.

M.Shah

InputColumnWidth represents the width in the file and OutputColumnWidth is the width in the data flow.

This may sound confusing for the case of Flat File destination connection, but the same connection manager object is used for sources and destination. There is also the description of these properties in the property grid of the Flat File Connection Manager UI.

So, to conclude the InputColumnWidth is the one controlling the size of the columns in the destination file.

Thanks.

|||

Thanks for the information. That was definitely helpful to figure out why the OutputColumnWidth was not reflected in the flat file.

sql

Output column size limit on query analyzer

We are using SQL 2K with Sp4.
I am doing a Select statement where it contains a column that composes of a
concatenation of various strings and many fields. At time, the output of thi
s
column will contain a very very long output string that part the output data
is being truncated. I assume it exceeds the limit of an output column in
the result panel would allow. Is there a setting in SQL I can change to
imcrease the size of a column in the result panel in query anaylzer?
WingmanA way to get around this is to use Excel and exeucte a database query and
return the results to a sheet. The data will not be truncated. It may
work by sending query results to a file from query analyzer but I haven't
tried that.
Walter
"Wingman" <Wingman@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F41B65CC-8CF7-465A-8F75-81D0BE273AC7@.microsoft.com...
> We are using SQL 2K with Sp4.
> I am doing a Select statement where it contains a column that composes of
> a
> concatenation of various strings and many fields. At time, the output of
> this
> column will contain a very very long output string that part the output
> data
> is being truncated. I assume it exceeds the limit of an output column in
> the result panel would allow. Is there a setting in SQL I can change to
> imcrease the size of a column in the result panel in query anaylzer?
> Wingman|||Thank for the idea but I can't use Excel. Acutally the SQL statement is
coming from our web application so we need to solve this within SQL or
adjusting SQL settings.
"Walter Mallon" wrote:

> A way to get around this is to use Excel and exeucte a database query and
> return the results to a sheet. The data will not be truncated. It may
> work by sending query results to a file from query analyzer but I haven't
> tried that.
> Walter
> "Wingman" <Wingman@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F41B65CC-8CF7-465A-8F75-81D0BE273AC7@.microsoft.com...
>
>|||In Query analyzer, go to the menu to Tools, then Options.
On the results tab, increase the Maximum characters per
column setting.
-Sue
On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:00:01 -0700, Wingman
<Wingman@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>We are using SQL 2K with Sp4.
>I am doing a Select statement where it contains a column that composes of a
>concatenation of various strings and many fields. At time, the output of th
is
>column will contain a very very long output string that part the output dat
a
>is being truncated. I assume it exceeds the limit of an output column in
>the result panel would allow. Is there a setting in SQL I can change to
>imcrease the size of a column in the result panel in query anaylzer?
>Wingman|||Thanks. It is getting closer.
The select statement is coming from a web application, how do I change the
settings you mention in a server-wise setup so all connections to that
database has the same setting.
Wingman
"Sue Hoegemeier" wrote:

> In Query analyzer, go to the menu to Tools, then Options.
> On the results tab, increase the Maximum characters per
> column setting.
> -Sue
> On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:00:01 -0700, Wingman
> <Wingman@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>|||Those settings are for query analyzer only - it won't apply
to other applications. If data is being truncated on the
application end, you need to look at the code in the
application.
-Sue
On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:56:01 -0700, Wingman
<Wingman@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
>Thanks. It is getting closer.
>The select statement is coming from a web application, how do I change the
>settings you mention in a server-wise setup so all connections to that
>database has the same setting.
>Wingman
>"Sue Hoegemeier" wrote:
>

Output column size limit on query analyzer

We are using SQL 2K with Sp4.
I am doing a Select statement where it contains a column that composes of a
concatenation of various strings and many fields. At time, the output of this
column will contain a very very long output string that part the output data
is being truncated. I assume it exceeds the limit of an output column in
the result panel would allow. Is there a setting in SQL I can change to
imcrease the size of a column in the result panel in query anaylzer?
WingmanA way to get around this is to use Excel and exeucte a database query and
return the results to a sheet. The data will not be truncated. It may
work by sending query results to a file from query analyzer but I haven't
tried that.
Walter
"Wingman" <Wingman@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F41B65CC-8CF7-465A-8F75-81D0BE273AC7@.microsoft.com...
> We are using SQL 2K with Sp4.
> I am doing a Select statement where it contains a column that composes of
> a
> concatenation of various strings and many fields. At time, the output of
> this
> column will contain a very very long output string that part the output
> data
> is being truncated. I assume it exceeds the limit of an output column in
> the result panel would allow. Is there a setting in SQL I can change to
> imcrease the size of a column in the result panel in query anaylzer?
> Wingman|||Thank for the idea but I can't use Excel. Acutally the SQL statement is
coming from our web application so we need to solve this within SQL or
adjusting SQL settings.
"Walter Mallon" wrote:
> A way to get around this is to use Excel and exeucte a database query and
> return the results to a sheet. The data will not be truncated. It may
> work by sending query results to a file from query analyzer but I haven't
> tried that.
> Walter
> "Wingman" <Wingman@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F41B65CC-8CF7-465A-8F75-81D0BE273AC7@.microsoft.com...
> > We are using SQL 2K with Sp4.
> >
> > I am doing a Select statement where it contains a column that composes of
> > a
> > concatenation of various strings and many fields. At time, the output of
> > this
> > column will contain a very very long output string that part the output
> > data
> > is being truncated. I assume it exceeds the limit of an output column in
> > the result panel would allow. Is there a setting in SQL I can change to
> > imcrease the size of a column in the result panel in query anaylzer?
> >
> > Wingman
>
>|||In Query analyzer, go to the menu to Tools, then Options.
On the results tab, increase the Maximum characters per
column setting.
-Sue
On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:00:01 -0700, Wingman
<Wingman@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>We are using SQL 2K with Sp4.
>I am doing a Select statement where it contains a column that composes of a
>concatenation of various strings and many fields. At time, the output of this
>column will contain a very very long output string that part the output data
>is being truncated. I assume it exceeds the limit of an output column in
>the result panel would allow. Is there a setting in SQL I can change to
>imcrease the size of a column in the result panel in query anaylzer?
>Wingman|||Thanks. It is getting closer.
The select statement is coming from a web application, how do I change the
settings you mention in a server-wise setup so all connections to that
database has the same setting.
Wingman
"Sue Hoegemeier" wrote:
> In Query analyzer, go to the menu to Tools, then Options.
> On the results tab, increase the Maximum characters per
> column setting.
> -Sue
> On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:00:01 -0700, Wingman
> <Wingman@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >We are using SQL 2K with Sp4.
> >
> >I am doing a Select statement where it contains a column that composes of a
> >concatenation of various strings and many fields. At time, the output of this
> >column will contain a very very long output string that part the output data
> >is being truncated. I assume it exceeds the limit of an output column in
> >the result panel would allow. Is there a setting in SQL I can change to
> >imcrease the size of a column in the result panel in query anaylzer?
> >
> >Wingman
>|||Those settings are for query analyzer only - it won't apply
to other applications. If data is being truncated on the
application end, you need to look at the code in the
application.
-Sue
On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:56:01 -0700, Wingman
<Wingman@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>Thanks. It is getting closer.
>The select statement is coming from a web application, how do I change the
>settings you mention in a server-wise setup so all connections to that
>database has the same setting.
>Wingman
>"Sue Hoegemeier" wrote:
>> In Query analyzer, go to the menu to Tools, then Options.
>> On the results tab, increase the Maximum characters per
>> column setting.
>> -Sue
>> On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:00:01 -0700, Wingman
>> <Wingman@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>> >We are using SQL 2K with Sp4.
>> >
>> >I am doing a Select statement where it contains a column that composes of a
>> >concatenation of various strings and many fields. At time, the output of this
>> >column will contain a very very long output string that part the output data
>> >is being truncated. I assume it exceeds the limit of an output column in
>> >the result panel would allow. Is there a setting in SQL I can change to
>> >imcrease the size of a column in the result panel in query anaylzer?
>> >
>> >Wingman
>>

Output Column names in each Row along with the row Value

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone can help me figure something out.
Is it possible to do a querey in MS SQL server and have the results
returned so that each result in each row is preceeded by the column
name?

eg. instead of usual output -colName1, colValue1,
colName2,colValue2,colName3,colValue3 ?

Also I would like to only have this for certain columns ie in the
above example only for columns 2 and 3

Thank you! :-)

YasOn Jun 29, 3:09 pm, Yas <yas...@.gmail.comwrote:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

Hello,
>
I was wondering if anyone can help me figure something out.
Is it possible to do a querey in MS SQL server and have the results
returned so that each result in each row is preceeded by the column
name?
>
eg. instead of usual output -colName1, colValue1,
colName2,colValue2,colName3,colValue3 ?
>
Also I would like to only have this for certain columns ie in the
above example only for columns 2 and 3
>
Thank you! :-)
>
Yas

Not sure what you are actually looking at

create table #temp (col1 int, col2 int , col3 varchar(10))
insert into #temp values (1,10,'abcd')
insert into #temp values (2,20,'efgh')

select col1, ' col2:'+cast(col2 as varchar(10))+ '-col3:'+col3 as
col23
from #temp

drop table #temp|||On 29 Jun, 14:27, M A Srinivas <masri...@.gmail.comwrote:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

On Jun 29, 3:09 pm, Yas <yas...@.gmail.comwrote:
>
>
>

Quote:

Originally Posted by

Hello,

>

Quote:

Originally Posted by

I was wondering if anyone can help me figure something out.
Is it possible to do a querey in MS SQL server and have the results
returned so that each result in each row is preceeded by the column
name?

>

Quote:

Originally Posted by

eg. instead of usual output -colName1, colValue1,
colName2,colValue2,colName3,colValue3 ?

>

Quote:

Originally Posted by

Also I would like to only have this for certain columns ie in the
above example only for columns 2 and 3

>

Quote:

Originally Posted by

Thank you! :-)

>

Quote:

Originally Posted by

Yas

>
Not sure what you are actually looking at
>

Hi, thanks for the response. Basically I want to have a query in a DTS
package that outputs to a text file with each line containing 1 row of
results.
What I would like to have is on each line before a given value is
written the column header for that value is also written. the file is
a semicolon delimmeted file so it would look something like this...

col1Name;value1;col2Name;value2;col3Name;value3... .etc

so...
FirstName;firstNameValue;SecondName;secondNameValu e;Occupation;occupationValue..etc

Now I can just do...
SELECT 'FirstName', firstName, 'SecondName', secondName,
'Occupation' occupation
FROM Table1
Which would output the table I want with the values between '' showing
up in unnamed columns... BUT is there a better way of doing this?
especially as I want to do this in a DTS package Export Data which
esentially has a create table type command to ouptut to a text file
and throws errors that destination column name not defined.

Thanks :-)

Quote:

Originally Posted by

create table #temp (col1 int, col2 int , col3 varchar(10))
insert into #temp values (1,10,'abcd')
insert into #temp values (2,20,'efgh')
>
select col1, ' col2:'+cast(col2 as varchar(10))+ '-col3:'+col3 as
col23
from #temp
>
drop table #temp

|||Yas (yasar1@.gmail.com) writes:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

Now I can just do...
SELECT 'FirstName', firstName, 'SecondName', secondName,
'Occupation' occupation
FROM Table1
Which would output the table I want with the values between '' showing
up in unnamed columns... BUT is there a better way of doing this?

That would indeed be the way to do it.

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@.sommarskog.se
Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...oads/books.mspx
Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodin...ions/books.mspx|||On 29 Jun, 23:38, Erland Sommarskog <esq...@.sommarskog.sewrote:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

Yas (yas...@.gmail.com) writes:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

Now I can just do...
SELECT 'FirstName', firstName, 'SecondName', secondName,
'Occupation' occupation
FROM Table1
Which would output the table I want with the values between '' showing
up in unnamed columns... BUT is there a better way of doing this?

>
That would indeed be the way to do it.

Thanks! :-)

Output column has a precision that is not valid (loading from Oracle using OraOLEDB.Oracle.1)

Hi!

I'm loading from Oracle using the OraOLEDB.Oracle.1 provider since I need unicode support and I get the following error:

TITLE: Microsoft Visual Studio

Error at myTask [DTS.Pipeline]: The "output column "myColumn" (9134)" has a precision that is not valid. The precision must be between 1 and 38.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Exception from HRESULT: 0xC0204018 (Microsoft.SqlServer.DTSPipelineWrap)

BUTTONS:

OK

For most of my queries to Oracle I can cast the columns to get rid of the error (CAST x AS DECIMAL(10) etc), but this does not work for:

1) Union

I have a select like "SELECT NVL(myColumn, 0) .... FROM myTable UNION SELECT 0 AS myColumn, .... FROM DUAL"

Even if I cast the columns in both selects (SELECT CAST(NVL(myColumn, 0) AS DECIMAL(10, 0) .... UNION SELECT CAST(0 AS DECIMAL(10, 0)) AS myColumn, .... FROM DUAL) I still get the error above.

2) SQL command from variable

The select basically looks like this:

"SELECT Column1, Column2, ... FROM myTable WHERE Updated BETWEEN User::LastLoad AND User::CurrentLoad"

Again, even if I cast all columns (like in the union), I still get the same error.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Try casting the oracle fields to NUMBER(p,s) with a scale of at least one (1). Even though you look to be working with integers inside Oracle, casting it to a value of nnn.0 won't change that fact. I think then you'll be able to bring it into SSIS and then cast to integer there.|||I've tried to cast as DECIMAL(x, y) and NUMBER(x, y), and it works for "normal" selects, but not when the select contains UNION or is a SQL command variable.|||I wonder if putting the UNION or parameters in a subquery and specifying the cast in the outer query would help.

SELECT CAST... FROM (SELECT ... UNION ALL.. ) AS x
|||

JayH wrote:

I wonder if putting the UNION or parameters in a subquery and specifying the cast in the outer query would help.

SELECT CAST... FROM (SELECT ... UNION ALL.. ) AS x

For the UNION this seems to work, but I've removed all errors and warnings by casting to char (TO_CHAR(x) as myColumn)). Not pretty, but it works for both the UNION and the SQL command variables. For the UNION I'll change to your suggestion. For the SQL command variable I'll have to stick with TO_CHAR until something better pops up.

Note:

Precision is not valid error is displayed when some function is executed on the numeric column (like SUM, MIN, MAX, AVG, NVL etc) when using the OraOLEDB.Oracle.1. Seems like SSIS can't determine the numeric type when such a function is applied.

Thanks all!

|||Hmm.. Now I got the CAST(x AS NUMBER(w, z)) to work in the SQL command from variable. The meta data is not updated in the source component if you just change the SQL script in the variable (which was causing the problem). You have to change to a table or something else than the SQL command variable. Press OK. Edit the source component to use the SQL command variable again, and then the meta data is updated and it works. Previously I did get that "do you want to update meta data..."-message and pressed OK, but it seems like it was not updated correctly. By changing to a table and then back to the SQL command variable, everything is updated correctly. So now I don't use TO_CHAR anymore.|||

I found everything you said is correct, but I needed to go a bit further. The query against Oracle in the SQL Server 2000 DTS package was adding two numeric fields together, such as "SELECT ..... f1 + f2 AS BALANCE FROM.....". Even though the 2 source fields are the same datatype, decimal(15,2), for some reason SSIS still tripped over the precision and scale of the external and output columns. The work-around was to return both source columns separately, and then add them via a derived column task.

Output column has a precision that is not valid (loading from Oracle using OraOLEDB.Oracle.1)

Hi!

I'm loading from Oracle using the OraOLEDB.Oracle.1 provider since I need unicode support and I get the following error:

TITLE: Microsoft Visual Studio

Error at myTask [DTS.Pipeline]: The "output column "myColumn" (9134)" has a precision that is not valid. The precision must be between 1 and 38.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Exception from HRESULT: 0xC0204018 (Microsoft.SqlServer.DTSPipelineWrap)

BUTTONS:

OK

For most of my queries to Oracle I can cast the columns to get rid of the error (CAST x AS DECIMAL(10) etc), but this does not work for:

1) Union

I have a select like "SELECT NVL(myColumn, 0) .... FROM myTable UNION SELECT 0 AS myColumn, .... FROM DUAL"

Even if I cast the columns in both selects (SELECT CAST(NVL(myColumn, 0) AS DECIMAL(10, 0) .... UNION SELECT CAST(0 AS DECIMAL(10, 0)) AS myColumn, .... FROM DUAL) I still get the error above.

2) SQL command from variable

The select basically looks like this:

"SELECT Column1, Column2, ... FROM myTable WHERE Updated BETWEEN User::LastLoad AND User::CurrentLoad"

Again, even if I cast all columns (like in the union), I still get the same error.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Try casting the oracle fields to NUMBER(p,s) with a scale of at least one (1). Even though you look to be working with integers inside Oracle, casting it to a value of nnn.0 won't change that fact. I think then you'll be able to bring it into SSIS and then cast to integer there.|||I've tried to cast as DECIMAL(x, y) and NUMBER(x, y), and it works for "normal" selects, but not when the select contains UNION or is a SQL command variable.|||I wonder if putting the UNION or parameters in a subquery and specifying the cast in the outer query would help.

SELECT CAST... FROM (SELECT ... UNION ALL.. ) AS x
|||

JayH wrote:

I wonder if putting the UNION or parameters in a subquery and specifying the cast in the outer query would help.

SELECT CAST... FROM (SELECT ... UNION ALL.. ) AS x

For the UNION this seems to work, but I've removed all errors and warnings by casting to char (TO_CHAR(x) as myColumn)). Not pretty, but it works for both the UNION and the SQL command variables. For the UNION I'll change to your suggestion. For the SQL command variable I'll have to stick with TO_CHAR until something better pops up.

Note:

Precision is not valid error is displayed when some function is executed on the numeric column (like SUM, MIN, MAX, AVG, NVL etc) when using the OraOLEDB.Oracle.1. Seems like SSIS can't determine the numeric type when such a function is applied.

Thanks all!

|||Hmm.. Now I got the CAST(x AS NUMBER(w, z)) to work in the SQL command from variable. The meta data is not updated in the source component if you just change the SQL script in the variable (which was causing the problem). You have to change to a table or something else than the SQL command variable. Press OK. Edit the source component to use the SQL command variable again, and then the meta data is updated and it works. Previously I did get that "do you want to update meta data..."-message and pressed OK, but it seems like it was not updated correctly. By changing to a table and then back to the SQL command variable, everything is updated correctly. So now I don't use TO_CHAR anymore.|||

I found everything you said is correct, but I needed to go a bit further. The query against Oracle in the SQL Server 2000 DTS package was adding two numeric fields together, such as "SELECT ..... f1 + f2 AS BALANCE FROM.....". Even though the 2 source fields are the same datatype, decimal(15,2), for some reason SSIS still tripped over the precision and scale of the external and output columns. The work-around was to return both source columns separately, and then add them via a derived column task.

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