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lemondash
Posting Yak Master
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 Posted - 2010-03-29 : 11:54:01
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| I have a ssis package that reads in a flat file but the date is stored DDMMYYYY, is there a way i can import the data in to a date and time colunm. |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
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Posted - 2010-03-29 : 12:21:51
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| you mean separate date and time alone?------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/ |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
52326 Posts |
Posted - 2010-03-29 : 12:23:39
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| try using derived column to create two columns from it to get date and time parts alone by casting using DT_DBDATE & DT_DBTIME------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/ |
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Michael Valentine Jones
Yak DBA Kernel (pronounced Colonel)
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Posted - 2010-03-29 : 13:58:41
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Originally posted by lemondash
I have a ssis package that reads in a flat file but the date is stored DDMMYYYY, is there a way i can import the data in to a date and time colunm.
The easiest way is to reformat the date into format YYYYMMDD so that it is unambiguous to SQL Server before inserting into a DATETIME column.CODO ERGO SUM |
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lemondash
Posting Yak Master
159 Posts |
Posted - 2010-03-29 : 16:05:00
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| i only need the date part so the time can be 00:00:00. so i assume that i can add + '00:00:00' in the expression of the derived column ? |
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String to Dataandtime