Convert from NVARCHAR2 to Unicode in SQL Plus

I need to convert from NVARCHAR2 column data to Unicode format in a query. How can I do this?

I need to convert from NVARCHAR2 column data to Unicode format in a queryMaybe with convert:
SQL> select convert(n'ABC', 'utf8') abc from dual;
AB
┐
1 row selected.?

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COPY FROM command on ORDIMAGE closes SQL-Plus !!

Hi, I4m using the following command:
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Thanks for any help.
Alexandre.

From the 9.0.1 doc.
Copies data from a query to a table in a local or remote database. COPY supports the following datatypes:
CHAR DATE LONG NUMBER VARCHAR2
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Experiences from customer who have converted from MDMP to Unicode

I would be interested in seeing a weblog or article from a customer who has gone through the conversion from MDMP to Unicode on an R/3 system. I would be interested in how the process went, what kind of problems were encountered, how long it took, how many of your custom ABAP programs needed changes, etc.

Thomas,
I am also interested in contacting any companies that have migrated to Unicode (with or without MDMP). ChevronTexaco is planning a very large global project that will likely involve migrating to Unicode in the next few years. Anyone who is willing to chat,please feel free to contact me at [email protected], 925-842-0864.
I suspect there are a lot of us who are going to be heading down this road in the next few years and we all want to learn from those who have blazed the trail before us.

How to convert from ifs date format to sql based dates

I want to write a sql query using dates, to search an ifs
database. Ifs stores dates as numbers created using the
java.util.Date class. These dates are accurate to seconds.
PLSQL uses a different format.
What I need is a PLSQL function that converts PLSQL date format
to and from the java.util.date format.
This is an example of what I would like to do.
String classname = "DOCUMENT";
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Hi Mitch - our ViewSpecification functionality automatically
includes an Oracle Date column, which is derived from the java
date values we store. These views are the supported way of
performing read-only operations against an iFS instance.
For yor reference, the Oracle date column is derived using the
following SQL operation (e.g. for createdate):
to_date('01-JAN-1970', 'DD-MON-YYYY') + (createdate/86400000)
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dave

Select from sys.all_ind_columns works in sql*plus but not in stored proc

I'm writing a query to find duplicate rows in a temporary table which has no unique index defined before I insert the data into the real table. I'm trying to query the sys.all_ind_columns view for the target table which belongs to a different schema:
SELECT column_name colnm
FROM sys.all_ind_columns i
WHERE i.table_owner = 'SUSDB'
AND i.index_name LIKE '%LUK'
AND i.table_name = &tbnm
ORDER BY i.column_position;
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CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION bog_elsa2_leslie.diag_msg_1000_cursor(i_rept_inst IN VARCHAR2,
i_rept_time_frame IN VARCHAR2,
i_table_name IN VARCHAR2,
i_column_name IN VARCHAR2,
i_domain_table IN VARCHAR2,
i_domain_column IN VARCHAR2,
i_domain_code IN VARCHAR2,
i_trace_flg IN NUMBER := 0)
RETURN VARCHAR2 IS
cursor_stg VARCHAR2(4000);
|| File name: diag_msg_1000_cursor.fnc
|| Created by: ELSA.LESLIE
|| Created on: 20071215 4:08:20 AM
|| Purpose: Build the string that will retrieve PRIKEY and CONTENTS
|| from the target table, university, time frame, submission
|| and table passed as parameters for the 1000 dignostic.
|| Diagnostic 1000:
|| Validate that the table's logical unique key constraint
|| is not violated.
|| In: ***
|| *** ALL INPUT VARIABLES MUST BE DECLARED EVEN IF THEY ARE
|| *** NOT USED IN THIS PARTICULAR FUNCTION BECAUSE THE
|| *** EDIT_ANY_TABLE PROCEDURE CALLS THE FUNCTION IN AN
|| *** EXECUTE IMMEDIATE STATEMENT THAT REQUIRES THE 'USING'
|| *** PHRASE BE PART OF THE CALLING PROGRAM RATHER THAN BEING
|| *** INCLUDED IN THE RETURNED CURSOR_STG.
|| ***
|| i_rept_inst = reporting institution (eg. UF, FSU)
|| i_rept_time_frame = reporting time frame (eg., 200608, 20062007)
|| i_table_name = target table to be edited (eg. BUILDINGS, ENROLLMENTS)
|| i_trace_flg is optional and is used for debugging (values: TRUE/FALSE)
|| [not used] i_column_name = eg. ALTER_YR, BASE_YR
|| [not used] i_domain_table = the name of the domain table containing valid values
|| [not used] (eg. DOMAIN_MAIN_VALUES, DOMAIN_UNIV)
|| [not used] i_domain_column = the name of the column in the domain table that
|| [not used] contains the valid values (eg. CODE, OPEID_CD)
|| [not used] i_domain_code = the 5-digit domain code (eg. 10021, 01045)
|| Out: cursor_stg = executable SQL to return error row information
|| Dependencies: Logical Unique Key for tables must be have the string 'LUK'
|| postpended to it's name.
|| Exceptions: none
|| Copyright: BOG 2007
|| ***************************************************
|| Modifications:
|| Userid - Date - Modification description
-- Constants and special assignments
rept_inst VARCHAR2(4) := upper(i_rept_inst);
rept_time_frame VARCHAR2(8) := i_rept_time_frame;
table_name VARCHAR2(30) := upper(i_table_name);
column_name VARCHAR2(30) := upper(i_column_name);
domain_table VARCHAR2(30) := upper(i_domain_table);
domain_column VARCHAR2(30) := upper(i_domain_column);
domain_code VARCHAR2(5) := upper(i_domain_code);
trace_flg NUMBER := i_trace_flg;
file_name VARCHAR2(100) := 'diag_msg_1000_cursor: ';
unq_cols VARCHAR2(1000) := NULL;
unq_contents VARCHAR2(4000) := NULL;
unq_where VARCHAR2(4000) := NULL;
-- Accounting of process n/a all contained in the for loop
row_num NUMBER := 0;
-- Object types - n/a
-- Cursors
CURSOR ix_cols_curr(tbnm VARCHAR2 := table_name) IS
SELECT column_name colnm
FROM sys.all_ind_columns i
WHERE i.table_owner = 'SUSDB'
AND i.index_name LIKE '%LUK'
AND i.table_name = tbnm
ORDER BY i.column_position;
-- Cursor variables n/a
-- errors and exceptions
sql_code NUMBER;
sql_errm VARCHAR2(255);
BEGIN
-- output trace information if requested
IF trace_flg = 1
THEN
dbms_output.put_line(file_name || 'rept_inst = ' || rept_inst);
dbms_output.put_line(file_name || 'rept_time_frame = ' || rept_time_frame);
dbms_output.put_line(file_name || 'table_name = ' || table_name);
dbms_output.put_line(file_name || 'column_name = ' || column_name);
dbms_output.put_line(file_name || 'domain_table = ' || domain_table);
dbms_output.put_line(file_name || 'domain_column = ' || domain_column);
dbms_output.put_line(file_name || 'domain_code = ' || domain_code);
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-- logical unique key which is then later incorporated into the
-- select cursor returned to the calling program.
FOR this_col IN ix_cols_curr(table_name)
LOOP
<<ix_cols_loop>>
-- output trace information if requested
IF trace_flg = 1
THEN
row_num := ix_cols_curr%ROWCOUNT;
dbms_output.put_line(file_name || 'row=' || row_num ||
'column_name=' || this_col.colnm);
END IF;
IF unq_cols IS NOT NULL
THEN
unq_cols := unq_cols || ', ';
unq_contents := unq_contents || ', ';
END IF;
unq_cols := unq_cols || this_col.colnm;
unq_contents := unq_contents || q'[']' || this_col.colnm ||
q'['=]' || this_col.colnm;
unq_where := unq_where || 'AND tbl.' || this_col.colnm ||
' = dups.' || this_col.colnm;
END LOOP ix_cols_loop;
IF trace_flg = 1
THEN
dbms_output.put_line(file_name || 'unq_cols =' || unq_cols);
dbms_output.put_line(file_name || 'unq_contents =' || unq_contents);
dbms_output.put_line(file_name || 'unq_where =' || unq_where);
END IF;
cursor_stg := 'SELECT prikey, ' || unq_contents || ' AS contents ' ||
'FROM univdb.' || table_name || ' tbl, (SELECT ' ||
unq_cols || ', COUNT(*) FROM univdb.' || table_name ||
q'[ WHERE rept_inst = ']' || rept_inst || q'[']' ||
q'[AND rept_time_frame = ']' || rept_time_frame || q'[']' ||
' GROUP BY ' || unq_cols || ' HAVING COUNT(*) > 1) dups' ||
q'[ WHERE tbl.rept_inst = ']' || rept_inst || q'[']' ||
q'[ AND tbl.rept_time_frame = ']' || rept_time_frame ||
q'[']' || unq_where;
-- output trace information if requested
IF trace_flg = 1
THEN
dbms_output.put_line(file_name || 'cursor_stg = ' || cursor_stg);
END IF;
RETURN(cursor_stg);
EXCEPTION
-- block exception
WHEN OTHERS THEN
sql_code := SQLCODE;
sql_errm := SQLERRM;
IF trace_flg = 1
THEN
dbms_output.put_line(file_name || ' ROW NUM ' || row_num || ' sql code ' ||
sql_code || ' sql message ' || sql_errm);
END IF;
END diag_msg_1000_cursor;

How to insert arabic&english from oracle clients like TOAD,SQL*PLUS

Hi
iam trying to insert arabic&english data from TOAD&SQLPLUS.
if i try to insert arabic by copy and paste iam getting ???? and
if i try to insert through my keyboard (after updating my system with regional
settings) iam able to type some junk characters.
I have installed Oracle 8.1.6 with characterset set to UTF8 and
in my client NLS_LANG settings i have tried with different settings like:-
AMERICAN_AMERICA.UTF8
AMERICAN_AMERICA.AR8MSAWIN
ARABIC_UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.UTF8
ARABIC_UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.AR8MSWIN1256
i have also updated INIT.ORA nls_language ='ARABIC'.
but still iam getting same problem.
any help in this appriciated.
Thanks
Srinivas

Are you able to use Arabic with your Java VM in general? Or are you having problems specific to your database interactions? Sun provides an internationalized version of the JDK and also an "English only" version. Perhaps you have the English only version? I would recommend trying a simple Hello World app with your JVM first... I would also check your JDBC driver documentation and make sure there are no limitations there, and that your database is also setup for internationalization.
It is certainly possible to use TopLink in internationalized environments as we have lots of customers doing this, so hopefully we can figure out what is wrong with your setup.
- Don

Checking Module to Prevent SQL Plus usage on Database

I have a question regarding logon triggers checking against SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV', 'MODULE'). I created a logon trigger that looks for SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV', 'MODULE') = 'SQLPLUS.EXE'
and if it matches then it only allows specified users to log in to the database. This code works but I am confused as to why when I check SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV', 'MODULE') after I login in
shows SQL*Plus which clearly does not match my IF statement in my logon trigger.
Second issue. If I rename sqlplus.exe to jeff.exe and run it I am abled to log in to the database as a non DBA user. But the module still shows as SQL*Plus. Why is this?
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OS: Windows Server 2003 R2
Client: 11.2.0.1
/*********************Create Trigger******************************/
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER application_check_al
after logon ON database
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l_username VARCHAR2(20);
l_module   VARCHAR2(20);
BEGIN
l_username := SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV', 'SESSION_USER');
l_module   := UPPER(SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV', 'MODULE'));
IF l_module LIKE 'SQLPLUS.EXE' AND
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END IF;
END application_check_al;
/*********************Run SQLPLUS******************************/
SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.1.0 Production on Wed Mar 7 12:22:23 2012
Copyright (c) 1982, 2010, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Enter user-name: jeffc@dev
Enter password:
ERROR:
ORA-00604: error occurred at recursive SQL level 1
ORA-20001: SQLPLUS ACCESS RESTRICTED FOR NON DBA USERS
ORA-06512: at line 10
Enter user-name: system@dev
Enter password:
Connected to:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.2.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining, Oracle Database Vault
and Real Application Testing options
system@dev> select sys_context('USERENV','MODULE') from dual;
SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV','MODULE')
SQL*Plus
SQL>

jeff81 wrote:
That doesn't make sense. Why am I able to log in when I renamed the exe? And why does the module still show as SQL*Plus?You are right - it does not make sense. The idea that Oracle might perhaps set module to SQLPLUS.EXE on executable start, and then re set from SQLPLUS.EXE to SQL*Plus after connect, or in glogin.sql, to ensure it is consistent across all operating system never crossed my mind.
You might want to refer to Support Note "SQL*Plus Session/Module is Not Showing in V$SESSION" [ID 1312340.1] to see whether anything in there helps. I'm pretty sure http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e16604/ch_twelve040.htm#i2698573 doesn't help much, though.
I'd certainly be raising it with Support as a potential security challenge, to get that potential hole closed.
Edited by: Hans Forbrich on Mar 7, 2012 2:23 PM
I wonder whether Oracle put that capability in there - if an untained SQLPLUS.EXE, it tells you that it is SQLPLUS.EXE, but if renamed it tells you 'SQL*Plus'? Specuklation, but it is one thing I might do to subtly raise the flag. Best bet - ask Support.
Edited by: Hans Forbrich on Mar 7, 2012 2:29 PM

Different behaviour in SQL*Plus and PL/SQL

Does anyone know why the following SQL works from the command line in SQL*Plus but results in a syntax error when included within a cursor in a PL/SQL procedure?
SELECT (SELECT 'dummy' FROM dual)
FROM dual;
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Is this what you require? This works...
declare
cursor cur_dummy is
SELECT d.dum
FROM (
SELECT 'dummy' dum
FROM dual
) d
v_dummy varchar2(30);
begin
open cur_dummy;
fetch cur_dummy into v_dummy;
close cur_dummy;
dbms_output.put_line(v_dummy);
end;
Cheers
BigB
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Aqueel ([email protected]):
In PL/SQL, every SELECT Statement must have a INTO clause. But still It's not working. Anyother know the answer?
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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Bug in SQL*Plus 9.2.0.1.0 with 8.1.6 instance.

WARNING !!!!
I just installed the client 9.2.0.1.0 but we are still using 8.1.6.3.8 databases on NT.
There is a major BUG in SQL*Plus 9.2.0.1.0. If you do a select on a sys table that have a LONG column, SQL*Plus exits immediately !!!
For example if you try the following "select * from dba_views where rownum = 1;" SQL*Plus crash immediately with no error message.
I could not reproduce this bug with our Unix databases.

Hi,
Ok this is defenitly a bug and it can be reproduce with a 9.2.0 client with a 8.1.7 database if and only if the database national character set is WE8ISO8859P1.
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The magic INTERNAL_USE clause is not documented anywhere !
Thanks

Which two are attributes of /SQL*Plus? (Choose two)

A. /SQL*Plus commands cannot be abbreviated.
B. /SQL*Plus commands are accesses from a browser.
C. /SQL*Plus commands are used to manipulate data in tables.
D. /SQL*Plus commands manipulate table definitions in the database.
E. /SQL*Plus is the Oracle proprietary interface for executing SQL statements.

What's "/SQL*Plus"? Did you mean iSQL*Plus? If so, maybe you could add,
F. iSQL*Plus no longer exists in 11g

Connecting java to sql plus editor

I want to open oracle sql plus editor by giving user name and password from a java program and send queries from java program to the sql plus editor to execute.

I have the same sort of requirements, but I don't think that SQLPlus can be used that way. The requirements stem from having scripts written by Oracle developers that SQLPlus can parse, but are hard to parse into JDBC-executable statements with Java.
In my case I have several Oracle database developers who produce SQL scripts to e.g. create and change PL/SQL, change tables, add and remove data, etc. Generally all kinds of DDL and DML. They write one master script to execute the rest of the scripts for a particular change, using SQLPlus' @[filepath] notation.
I am somehow supposed to be responsible for releasing this stuff, which would normally mean executing each master script through SQLPlus.
I am trying to figure out a way to do this automatically.
SQLPlus would be good for this as it is written to parse the scripts that Oracle developers are used to writing.
The problem is that running SQLPlus from the command line only lets you run one (master) script, and doesn't let you set up named variables. So you can't run scripts generically; you have to know which variables turn up in which scripts, which makes it impossible to run in more than one environment/schema.
If I do things in JDBC, I have to either get the Oracle developers to write their scripts as Java strings - which would lead to a lot of errors - or try to parse the scripts in the same way that SQLPlus does - which would lead to a lot of errors.
I will look at getting the developers to delimit each statement with e.g. '----------------------' which I can use to break the scripts up into separately executable statements. I doubt this will make them happy.
I may also have to look at doing token replacement to set variables.

Importing from an Oracle database converted from non-unicode to unicode - SSIS 2012

Hi,
I've some SSIS 2012 pkgs that read from a non-unicode Oracle database to a non-unicode SQL Server database.
Few days later, the Oracle database will be converted to unicode one and so I need to update the SQL database and the SSIS pkgs. Obiously no data conversion transformations are present in the pkgs. I'd like to avoid to add more of these data conversions.
As a first step, I'm trying to convert a SQL table to unicode format, but it isn't possible to convert non-unicode and unicode string data types.
I did not expect to have an error about the conversion from to non-unicode Oracle database (not yet converted) to unicode SQL Server database: a such conversion doesn't lost any information content. For me, it is right to have an error by from unicode to
non-unicode conversion.
Any suggests to solve this issue with a minimum development effort? Many thanks

Nope once you change datatypes to unicode you've to refresh metadata settings within SSIS packages for it to work fine. SSIS doesnt have the ability to do metadata changes at runtime. So someone has to update package metadata information to make them unicode
to make sure it works correctly after the changes.
What you can do is create test dbs in oracle and sql in uncode and create some modified packages based on it. Once you make changes to production dbs you need to move these modified copies also to production after making necessary config value changes like
servername,dbname,folder paths etc and then they will continue to work normally without causing any further downtimes to the customer.
Please Mark This As Answer if it helps to solve the issue Visakh ---------------------------- http://visakhm.blogspot.com/ https://www.facebook.com/VmBlogs

Unable to Login to Idle Instance from SQL*Plus in windows

Hello,
I'm cloning the db from windows to windows enviornment. At auxilary instance after configuring the Listener and making Password file to right folder when I try to connect to Idle Instance through sql*plus by follwring connad
c:\sqlplus sys/password as sysdba
It gives me ORA-12518 Tns: Listener could not hand off client conenction error
Then I put the follwing parameter in listener.ora DIRECT_HANDOFF_TTC_LISTENER=OFF and restart listener and then try to connect it gives me Ora-12560: TNS protocol adapter error.
I try to connect through tnsnames but give me same error.
Kindly tell me how to resolve this issue as its not allowing me to connect to an idle instance so that I can go further.
I'm using 10gR2 on windows server 2003.
Regards,
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follow the steps to clone database:
# 1. Backup the source database.
To use RMAN duplicate an RMAN backup of the source database is required. If there is already one available, skip to step 2. If not, here is a quick example of how to produce an RMAN backup. This example assumes that there is no recovery catalog available:
rman target sys@<source database> nocatalog
RMAN>backup database plus archivelog ;
RMAN> backup archivelog all;
This will backup the database and archive logs.
# 2. Produce a pfile for the new database
This step assumes that the source database is using a spfile. If that is not the case, simply make a copy the existing pfile.
Connect to the source database as sysdba and run the following:
create pfile='init<new database sid>.ora' from spfile;
This will create a new pfile in the $ORACLE_HOME/database directory.
The new pfile will need to be edited immediately. If the cloned database is to have a different name to the source, this will need to be changed, as will any paths. Review the contents of the file and make alterations as necessary.
Because in this example the cloned database will reside on the same machine as the source, Oracle must be told how convert the filenames during the RMAN duplicate operation. This is achieved by adding the following lines to the newly created pfile:
db_file_name_convert=(<source_db_path>,<target_db_path>)
log_file_name_convert=(<source_db_path>,<target_db_path>)
# 3. Create bdump, udump & cdump directories
Create bdump, udump & cdump directories as specified in the pfile
# 4. Create a service
c:/>oradim –new –sid <clonedatabasename> –intpwd <pwd>
eg:
c:>oradim –new –sid clonedb –intpwd oracle
# 6. Duplicate the database
From sqlplus, start the instance up in nomount mode:
startup nomount
Exit sqlplus, start RMAN and duplicate the database. As in step 1, it is assumed that no recovery catalog is available. If one is available, simply amend the RMAN command to include it.
rman target sys@<source_database> nocatalog auxiliary /
duplicate target database to <clone database name>;
thats it
For RMAN Cloning refer:
follow the documentation replace the destinations/locations with your location/folder/destination in source and target database.
http://www.dba-oracle.com/t_copy_clone_windows_database.htm
http://www.shutdownabort.com/quickguides/clone_rman.php
http://www.akadia.com/services/ora_duplicate_database_rman.html
for manual cloning in windows refer the link below:
http://coskan.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/adding-new-database-to-windows-without-dbca-or-rman-clone-or-rman-restore/

How to convert from SQL Server table to Flat file (txt file)

I need To ask question how convert from SQL Server table to Flat file txt file

Hi
1. Import/Export wizened
2. Bcp utility
3. SSIS
1.Import/Export Wizard
First and very manual technique is the import wizard. This is great for ad-hoc and just to slam it in tasks.
In SSMS right click the database you want to import into. Scroll to Tasks and select Import Data…
For the data source we want out zips.txt file. Browse for it and select it. You should notice the wizard tries to fill in the blanks for you. One key thing here with this file I picked is there are “ “ qualifiers. So we need to make
sure we add “ into the text qualifier field. The wizard will not do this for you.
Go through the remaining pages to view everything. No further changes should be needed though
Hit next after checking the pages out and select your destination. This in our case will be DBA.dbo.zips.
Following the destination step, go into the edit mappings section to ensure we look good on the types and counts.
Hit next and then finish. Once completed you will see the count of rows transferred and the success or failure rate
Import wizard completed and you have the data!
bcp utility
Method two is bcp with a format file http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms162802.aspx
This is probably going to win for speed on most occasions but is limited to the formatting of the file being imported. For this file it actually works well with a small format file to show the contents and mappings to SQL Server.
To create a format file all we really need is the type and the count of columns for the most basic files. In our case the qualifier makes it a bit difficult but there is a trick to ignoring them. The trick is to basically throw a field into the
format file that will reference it but basically ignore it in the import process.
Given that our format file in this case would appear like this
9.0
9
1 SQLCHAR 0 0 """ 0 dummy1 ""
2 SQLCHAR 0 50 "","" 1 Field1 ""
3 SQLCHAR 0 50 "","" 2 Field2 ""
4 SQLCHAR 0 50 "","" 3 Field3 ""
5 SQLCHAR 0 50 ""," 4 Field4 ""
6 SQLCHAR 0 50 "," 5 Field5 ""
7 SQLCHAR 0 50 "," 6 Field6 ""
8 SQLCHAR 0 50 "," 7 Field7 ""
9 SQLCHAR 0 50 "n" 8 Field8 ""
The bcp call would be as follows
C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server90ToolsBinn>bcp DBA..zips in “C:zips.txt” -f “c:zip_format_file.txt” -S LKFW0133 -T
Given a successful run you should see this in command prompt after executing the statement
Starting copy...
1000 rows sent to SQL Server. Total sent: 1000
1000 rows sent to SQL Server. Total sent: 2000
1000 rows sent to SQL Server. Total sent: 3000
1000 rows sent to SQL Server. Total sent: 4000
1000 rows sent to SQL Server. Total sent: 5000
1000 rows sent to SQL Server. Total sent: 6000
1000 rows sent to SQL Server. Total sent: 7000
1000 rows sent to SQL Server. Total sent: 8000
1000 rows sent to SQL Server. Total sent: 9000
1000 rows sent to SQL Server. Total sent: 10000
1000 rows sent to SQL Server. Total sent: 11000
1000 rows sent to SQL Server. Total sent: 12000
1000 rows sent to SQL Server. Total sent: 13000
1000 rows sent to SQL Server. Total sent: 14000
1000 rows sent to SQL Server. Total sent: 15000
1000 rows sent to SQL Server. Total sent: 16000
1000 rows sent to SQL Server. Total sent: 17000
1000 rows sent to SQL Server. Total sent: 18000
1000 rows sent to SQL Server. Total sent: 19000
1000 rows sent to SQL Server. Total sent: 20000
1000 rows sent to SQL Server. Total sent: 21000
1000 rows sent to SQL Server. Total sent: 22000
1000 rows sent to SQL Server. Total sent: 23000
1000 rows sent to SQL Server. Total sent: 24000
1000 rows sent to SQL Server. Total sent: 25000
1000 rows sent to SQL Server. Total sent: 26000
1000 rows sent to SQL Server. Total sent: 27000
1000 rows sent to SQL Server. Total sent: 28000
1000 rows sent to SQL Server. Total sent: 29000
bcp import completed!
BULK INSERT
Next, we have BULK INSERT given the same format file from bcp
CREATE TABLE zips (
Col1 nvarchar(50),
Col2 nvarchar(50),
Col3 nvarchar(50),
Col4 nvarchar(50),
Col5 nvarchar(50),
Col6 nvarchar(50),
Col7 nvarchar(50),
Col8 nvarchar(50)
GO
INSERT INTO zips
SELECT *
FROM OPENROWSET(BULK 'C:Documents and SettingstkruegerMy Documentsblogcenzuszipcodeszips.txt',
FORMATFILE='C:Documents and SettingstkruegerMy Documentsblogzip_format_file.txt'
) as t1 ;
GO
That was simple enough given the work on the format file that we already did. Bulk insert isn’t as fast as bcp but gives you some freedom from within TSQL and SSMS to add functionality to the import.
SSIS
Next is my favorite playground in SSIS
We can do many methods in SSIS to get data from point A, to point B. I’ll show you data flow task and the SSIS version of BULK INSERT
First create a new integrated services project.
Create a new flat file connection by right clicking the connection managers area. This will be used in both methods
Bulk insert
You can use format file here as well which is beneficial to moving methods around. This essentially is calling the same processes with format file usage. Drag over a bulk insert task and double click it to go into the editor.
Fill in the information starting with connection. This will populate much as the wizard did.
Example of format file usage
Or specify your own details
Execute this and again, we have some data
Data Flow method
Bring over a data flow task and double click it to go into the data flow tab.
Bring over a flat file source and SQL Server destination. Edit the flat file source to use the connection manager “The file” we already created. Connect the two once they are there
Double click the SQL Server Destination task to open the editor. Enter in the connection manager information and select the table to import into.
Go into the mappings and connect the dots per say
Typical issue of type conversions is Unicode to non-unicode.
We fix this with a Data conversion or explicit conversion in the editor. Data conversion tasks are usually the route I take. Drag over a data conversation task and place it between the connection from the flat file source to the SQL Server destination.
New look in the mappings
And after execution…
SqlBulkCopy Method
Sense we’re in the SSIS package we can use that awesome “script task” to show SlqBulkCopy. Not only fast but also handy for those really “unique” file formats we receive so often
Bring over a script task into the control flow
Double click the task and go to the script page. Click the Design script to open up the code behind
Ref.
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Script having Chinese characters throws error when run from SQL PLUS

Dear All,
I have a script file(.sql) which contains Chinese characters ....
I have saved the file in unicode Format.
When I run this file using @D:\filename from SQL PLUS it throws an error "unknown Command at line 1"...
My database is Oracle 10g...
Can anyone suggest anything???
Thanks In Advance
Dev
Edited by: Devarsh on Oct 21, 2009 8:16 AM

I think you may need to set your local NLS_LANG setting for your client (SQL*Plus) to recognize the characters.
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