SSIS – Steve’s Blog

June 1, 2016

Import tab delimited data files directly into SQL Server via SSMS

Recently, I wanted to bring data into a SQL Server table, and I wanted to do so w/o SSIS. I know that I had done this before, but, of course, I had forgotten the details. I found the best answer here:

http://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/29306/can-i-query-a-tab-delimited-file-from-ssms

The solution requires putting a “Schema.ini” file in the same directory as the file you are attempting to upload, and the file HAS TO BE NAMED “schema.ini” (case insensitive). The contents of the simple text file should be as follows:

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January 30, 2016

Direct query to excel (AceOleDb.dll)

So, often you need to get excel data into SQL ‘in a hurry’ for analysis. After you’ve done a base case analysis you can go about getting the data in a more ‘regular’ fashion. What’s the fastest way to get an excel into SQL? AceOleDb…that’s how. Continue reading “Direct query to excel (AceOleDb.dll)”

December 6, 2015

Importing (old) SSIS packages into VS 2012

SQL 2012 introduced a new deployment model. Many of us, for various reasons didn’t move along with Microsoft…and continued to use and deploy the old SSIS Packages (.dtsx) … even to SQL 2012. So, that being the case, how do you get to these old packages?

VS 2012 is looking for “Project Deployment Files”…or for “Integration Services” catalogs. We didn’t have those things before 2012. And, we can operate without them, still. But, how? Continue reading “Importing (old) SSIS packages into VS 2012”