Data Merge Repeating a Single Row

I've been trying to use data merge and found it very useful. The only problem is, for no reason I can see, data merge is repeating row 8 from my document. Here is what happens:
I create a csv file from a 22 row Excel spreadsheet.
I use data merge to create a multiple record document. The preview looks fine, all records are correct!
I create the document, and all of a sudden almost all the entries use the data from row 8. The document contains the correct number of entries, they are just almost all a repeat of row 8.
And here something strange - row 1-3 show up as row 8, then rows 4-9 show up fine, and then the rest (up to the final row 22) show up as row 8 again.
I've tried switch row 8 with another row, but no matter what the content is it continues to repeat row 8 - including if it is blank. Any help would be appreciated. I am new to data merge so I may be doing something airheaded.

What version of ID are you using?
There were some issues like this that cropped up in early releases of CS4, so be sure you've downloaded the patches. If that still doesn't solve the problem, it could be an odd character or somthing similar (too many fields or not enough fields) in one of the records, so open the data file in a plain text editor, look it over, and resave.
Unfortunately, I've also seen data files that just didn't work in CS4, for no reason anyone was able to find.

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ON s.caseID = [ExitInterviewDate].caseID
AND s.modifiedOn = [ExitInterviewDate].modifiedOn
AND [ExitInterviewDate].[ExitInterviewDate] = (SELECT TOP 1 [ExitInterviewDate] FROM #CEREligibility WHERE caseID = s.caseID AND [ExitInterviewDate] IS NOT NULL ORDER BY ModifiedOn)
AND [ExitInterviewDate].[ExitInterviewDate] IS NOT NULL
LEFT OUTER JOIN #CEREligibility [CreatedOn]
ON s.caseID = [CreatedOn].caseID
AND s.modifiedOn = [CreatedOn].modifiedOn
AND [CreatedOn].[CreatedOn] = (SELECT TOP 1 [CreatedOn] FROM #CEREligibility WHERE caseID = s.caseID AND [CreatedOn] IS NOT NULL ORDER BY ModifiedOn)
AND [CreatedOn].[CreatedOn] IS NOT NULL
LEFT OUTER JOIN #CEREligibility [CreatedBy]
ON s.caseID = [CreatedBy].caseID
AND s.modifiedOn = [CreatedBy].modifiedOn
AND [CreatedBy].[CreatedBy] = (SELECT TOP 1 [CreatedBy] FROM #CEREligibility WHERE caseID = s.caseID AND [CreatedBy] IS NOT NULL ORDER BY ModifiedOn)
AND [CreatedBy].[CreatedBy] IS NOT NULL
LEFT OUTER JOIN #CEREligibility [ModifiedOn]
ON s.caseID = [ModifiedOn].caseID
AND s.modifiedOn = [ModifiedOn].modifiedOn
AND [ModifiedOn].[ModifiedOn] = (SELECT TOP 1 [ModifiedOn] FROM #CEREligibility WHERE caseID = s.caseID AND [ModifiedOn] IS NOT NULL ORDER BY ModifiedOn)
AND [ModifiedOn].[ModifiedOn] IS NOT NULL
LEFT OUTER JOIN #CEREligibility [ModifiedBy]
ON s.caseID = [ModifiedBy].caseID
AND s.modifiedOn = [ModifiedBy].modifiedOn
AND [ModifiedBy].[ModifiedBy] = (SELECT TOP 1 [ModifiedBy] FROM #CEREligibility WHERE caseID = s.caseID AND [ModifiedBy] IS NOT NULL ORDER BY ModifiedOn)
AND [ModifiedBy].[ModifiedBy] IS NOT NULL
LEFT OUTER JOIN #CEREligibility [BCPermInEligibility]
ON s.caseID = [BCPermInEligibility].caseID
AND s.modifiedOn = [BCPermInEligibility].modifiedOn
AND [BCPermInEligibility].[BCPermInEligibility] = (SELECT TOP 1 [BCPermInEligibility] FROM #CEREligibility WHERE caseID = s.caseID AND [BCPermInEligibility] IS NOT NULL ORDER BY ModifiedOn)
AND [BCPermInEligibility].[BCPermInEligibility] IS NOT NULL
LEFT OUTER JOIN #CEREligibility [CCPermInEligibility]
ON s.caseID = [CCPermInEligibility].caseID
AND s.modifiedOn = [CCPermInEligibility].modifiedOn
AND [CCPermInEligibility].[CCPermInEligibility] = (SELECT TOP 1 [CCPermInEligibility] FROM #CEREligibility WHERE caseID = s.caseID AND [CCPermInEligibility] IS NOT NULL ORDER BY ModifiedOn)
AND [CCPermInEligibility].[CCPermInEligibility] IS NOT NULL
LEFT OUTER JOIN #CEREligibility [M2EligibilityDate]
ON s.caseID = [M2EligibilityDate].caseID
AND s.modifiedOn = [M2EligibilityDate].modifiedOn
AND [M2EligibilityDate].[M2EligibilityDate] = (SELECT TOP 1 [M2EligibilityDate] FROM #CEREligibility WHERE caseID = s.caseID AND [M2EligibilityDate] IS NOT NULL ORDER BY ModifiedOn)
AND [M2EligibilityDate].[M2EligibilityDate] IS NOT NULL
LEFT OUTER JOIN #CEREligibility [CDREligibilityDate]
ON s.caseID = [CDREligibilityDate].caseID
AND s.modifiedOn = [CDREligibilityDate].modifiedOn
AND [CDREligibilityDate].[CDREligibilityDate] = (SELECT TOP 1 [CDREligibilityDate] FROM #CEREligibility WHERE caseID = s.caseID AND [CDREligibilityDate] IS NOT NULL ORDER BY ModifiedOn)
AND [CDREligibilityDate].[CDREligibilityDate] IS NOT NULL
LEFT OUTER JOIN #CEREligibility [ExitSeparationCode]
ON s.caseID = [ExitSeparationCode].caseID
AND s.modifiedOn = [ExitSeparationCode].modifiedOn
AND [ExitSeparationCode].[ExitSeparationCode] = (SELECT TOP 1 [ExitSeparationCode] FROM #CEREligibility WHERE caseID = s.caseID AND [ExitSeparationCode] IS NOT NULL ORDER BY ModifiedOn)
AND [ExitSeparationCode].[ExitSeparationCode] IS NOT NULL
LEFT OUTER JOIN #CEREligibility [ExitSeparationSubCode]
ON s.caseID = [ExitSeparationSubCode].caseID
AND s.modifiedOn = [ExitSeparationSubCode].modifiedOn
AND [ExitSeparationSubCode].[ExitSeparationSubCode] = (SELECT TOP 1 [ExitSeparationSubCode] FROM #CEREligibility WHERE caseID = s.caseID AND [ExitSeparationSubCode] IS NOT NULL ORDER BY ModifiedOn)
AND [ExitSeparationSubCode].[ExitSeparationSubCode] IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY s.caseID
When I ran this against your test data, It produced a single row for each of the two case ID's.
To keep performance in line, I also created a covering index on the temp table:
CREATE INDEX idx_caseID_ModifiedOn ON #CEREligibility (caseID, modifiedOn) INCLUDE ([CEREligibilityId], [M2Eligibility], [CDREligibility], [M2Comments], [M2CommentsRtf], [CDRComments], [CDRCommentsRtf], [RIAWA], [RIAWADate], [EducationAndTraining], [EducationAndTrainingDate], [Internship], [InternshipDate], [Apprenticeship], [ApprenticeshipDate], [Entrepreneurship], [EntrepreneurshipDate], [EmploymentPrep], [EmploymentPrepDate], [OTPrep], [OTPrepDate], [ExitInterview], [ExitInterviewDate], [CreatedOn], [CreatedBy], [ModifiedBy], [BCPermInEligibility], [CCPermInEligibility], [M2EligibilityDate], [CDREligibilityDate], [ExitSeparationCode], [ExitSeparationSubCode])
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Indesign CS3 Data Merge "Merge Records" Command. Help?

I'm looking to automate the merging of a mountain of records. I have 587 tab-delimited text files with 40 records each. I want to process these via Data Merge using a single pre-designed template with built-in placeholders and variable data fields, including a variable barcode graphic. In the end, I want to create 704 multi-page, 6-up per page, indesign files with merged data, and 704 multi-page PDFs.
Here's where I am at. Using a combination of AppleScript, TextWrangler and InDesign CS3, I am able to set up a loop where I can open the single template, save it to a new file with a new name, change its data source to the appropriate text file, and as a test, make a PDF of the template using the correct export preset. What I cannot seem to do is get the template to perform a "Create Merged Document...".
In InDesign CS3's AppleScript dictionary there is a command called "Merge Records" under the Data Merge section. It appears to do exactly what I am after. But when I try to use it (and the good Lord knows I have tried numerous permutations), it only returns errors like "Adobe InDesign CS3 got an error: active document doesn't understand the merge records message."
Anyone know what I am doing wrong? I have set up a separate AppleScript for testing purposes that opens up the template, saves it under a new name, and attempts a "merge records" command. Here it is. Maybe someone smart out there can tell me what I am doing wrong.
set templatePath to "Welch_Jobs:0_JOBS:280019_Churchill:WPC FILES:Workup:280019_6up_master template.indt" as text -- the main template file that will be modified, saved with a new name, then merged with its data to create a new merge file
set newTemppath to "Welch_Jobs:0_JOBS:280019_Churchill:WPC FILES:Workup:goody.indd" as text
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS3"
open file templatePath
tell active document
save to newTemppath
merge records
end tell
end tell
I have this feeling that this is a command that is actually unsupported. Google searches have been fruitless except for one poor soul who can't get it to work either. I have, however, seen that a similar JavaScript command exists called "DataMerge.mergeRecords". If it is impossible to do this via AppleScript, is it possible to make a JavaScript that will do it, and access the JavaScript with a "do script" command in the main AppleScript? If so, how would I accomplish this? What whould the JavaScript look like, and where do i need to put it?
I would greatly appreciate any help you, dear reader, can give me on this.

Well, did you look at the dictionary?:
merge recordsv : Merges records and produces an optional overset report.
merge records
data merge
output overset report file alias or
text] : The path to the file in which to store the overset report.
Note also that it's part of the Preferences Suite, not the Datamerge suite. Do you see differently?
Anyhow, you're clearly not calling it with a data merge parameter.
I also have a suspicion that it needs to not be inside a "tell active document" but it probably doesn't matter.
But my AppleScript is rusty.

Data merge options

Hi everybody. Does any one know of a good tutorial or article on how to use the data merge option in INdesign cs5? I am makeing business cards for a large company and am looking to use date merge to populate all the names, phone numbers and email address. I have had limited success with using data merge to make single record layouts with one card per page. However every time I try to use the multiple record layout I run into isuues. One of which being the whole document moves down and to the left. I am sure it is something simple I am doing wrong but I am having trouble finding any good information on the subject. Any assistance would be appreciated.
Thanks.

fwiw, I find designing multiple up leads to more complications than it's worth. Unless you're going to be doing the final press run, you're effectively trying to impose these cards to early.
Consider doing the merge to a business card size document -
You won't have to meddle with the multiple records per page dilemna .
You can send proofs of the cards as designed at actual size.
You'll eliminate redundant stories and graphics. (The logo stays on the master page in my bcd files. You will have 10 - 100 + instances of the logo in you file. Thinking about it, I'd leave it out of the merge source doc and drop it in the final merged document on a master page)
Future runs are not going to entail the exact qty's and persons (99% certain on this).
Occasionally, not all the persons in company are going to receive the same number of cards initially; Sales staff may receive double the qty as HR and the shipping clerk.
You're not going to have crops marks for these cards. (You could merge 2 wide by 5 down to a 7 x 10 document and print that with crops or add crops after the merge of course.)
It's been a long time, but I'm not fond of grouping and picking apart stories and graphics for cards from a final imposed document for reprints. Rather, I have BCD files that have one page per person, and the source file or pdf proofs get imposed as needed.
Just my thoughts, I manage many business card documents.
This forum can get you over a standard merge document or a mutliple records per page doc in half a day.

SQL Update a Single Row Multiple Times Using 2 Data Sets

I'm working in tsql and have an issue where I need to do multiple updates to a single row based on multiple conditions.
By Rank_
If the column is NULL I need it to update no matter what the Rank is.
If the Ranks are the same I need it to update in order of T2_ID.
And I need it to use the last updated output.
I've tried using the update statement below but it only does the first update and the rest are ignored. Here is an example of the data sets i'm working w/ and the Desired results. Thanks in advance!
update a
set Middle = case when a.Rank_> b.Rank_ OR a.Middle IS NULL then ISNULL(b.Middle,a.Middle) end,
LName = case when a.Rank_> b.Rank_ OR a.Lname IS NULL then ISNULL(b.LName,a.LName) end,
Rank_ = case when a.Rank_> b.Rank_ then b.Rank_ end
from #temp1 a
inner join #temp2 b on a.fname = b.fname
where b.T2_ID in (select top 100% T2_ID from #temp2 order by T2_ID asc)

The Merge clause actually errors because it attempt to update the same record. I think this CTE statement is the closest I've come but I'm still working through it as I'm not too familiar w/ them. It returns multiple rows which I will have to
insert into a temp table to update since the resulting row I need is the last in the table.
;WITH cteRowNumber
AS(
Select DISTINCT
Row_Number() OVER(PARTITION BY a.LName ORDER BY a.LName ASC, a.Rank_ DESC,b.T2ID ASC) AS RowNumber
,a.FName
,a.LName
,b.LName as xLname
,a.MName
,b.MName AS xMName
,a.Rank_
,b.Rank_ AS xRank
,b.T2ID
FROM #temp1 a
inner join #temp2 b
ON a.fname = b.fname
), cteCursor
AS(
Select a.RowNumber,
a.Fname
,a.LName
,a.xLname
,a.MName
,a.xMName
,a.xRank
,a.T2ID
,CASE WHEN a.Rank_ >= a.xRank THEN ISNULL(a.xRank,a.Rank_) else ISNULL(a.Rank_,a.xRank) end AS Alt_Rank_
,CASE WHEN a.Rank_ >= a.xRank THEN ISNULL(a.xMName,a.MName) else ISNULL(a.MName,a.xMName) end AS Alt_MName
,CASE WHEN a.Rank_ >= a.xRank THEN ISNULL(a.xLName,a.lname) else ISNULL(a.LName,a.xlname) end as Alt_Lname
FROM cteRowNumber a
where a.RowNumber = 1
UNION ALL
Select crt.RowNumber
,crt.FName
,crt.LName
,crt.xLname
,crt.MName
,crt.xMName
,crt.xRank
,crt.T2ID
,CASE WHEN Prev.Alt_Rank_ >= crt.xRank THEN ISNULL(crt.xRank,Prev.Alt_Rank_) else ISNULL(Prev.Alt_Rank_,crt.xRank) end AS Alt_Rank
,CASE WHEN Prev.Alt_Rank_ >= crt.xRank THEN ISNULL(crt.xMName,Prev.Alt_MName) else ISNULL(Prev.Alt_MName,crt.xMName) end AS Alt_MName
,CASE WHEN Prev.Alt_Rank_ >= crt.xRank THEN ISNULL(crt.xLName,Prev.Alt_Lname) else ISNULL(Prev.Alt_Lname,crt.xLName) end as Alt_Lname
FROM cteCursor prev
inner join cteRowNumber crt
on prev.fname = crt.fname and prev.RowNumber + 1 = crt.RowNumber
SELECT cte.*
FROM cteCursor cte

How Do I get data merge to work without creating duplicate pages in a single page native file?

I've called Adobe about this and they indicated it was some kind of setting that needed to be changed in InDesign, but wouldn't tell me how to do it unless I paid for an "incident pack" and talked with technical support.
Problem: I have a single page document in InDesign CS5. It's a direct-mail postcard with large high-res images and complicated graphics on it. I want to merge a list of recipients names/addresses from Excel with this single-page design. Excel document has 2,000 names in it.
I successfully create the merge using InDesign's data merge feature, but it creates a new InDesign document with 2,000 pages in it. Each page is a duplicate of my original file, but with different addresses on each page. Because of the multiple records and the high res images it has created 2,000 duplicates of - InDesign crashes. It also took about 4 hours to do the merge.
There has got to be a better way to merge data w/o it created the same page over and over again.
I can't make a pdf to solve this problem becasue I have to work with an in-house printer and they do a poor job of printing from pdf. So, I always send them native files. This printer does not have variable data software. However, if that is the fast and easy solution to this problem - I will force them to purchase it.
Any advise or solution to this problem would be appreciated. Is there a setting in InDesign that needs to change so it doesn't repeat the single page design 2,000 times and cause InDesign to crash?
Thank you.

That's exactly how Data Merge works. If it's on the page, it gets duplicated. 2000 records is a lot, so I'm not sure if the images or the sheer number is what's slowing things down.
One thing you can try is to moove everything EXCEPT the merge placeholders to a master page, then assign the [None] master to the page with the placeholder anbd do the merge. Change the master to the one with your static content after the merge. That might speed up the merge, but it won't do anything for the file being 2000 pages that each has to RIP for printing. The best way to deal with this is to find a printer who can do VDP printing and give him the template file and your data file, and let him do the merge in the print stream.

Data merging: how to get multiple records in single text frame?

Hi
I'm experimenting with data merging in InDesign CS3. The biggest stumbling block I've come across is trying to get my records to flow as continuous text in a single text frame (which would, ideally, autoflow onto new pages in the document). The records vary considerably in length, and so I can't just create a standard text frame to repeat on the page.
Perhaps data merging isn't the best way of doing this and I should be learning to script instead. I feel like I'm just one step away, though.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

OK, new scenario now:
Is it possible to set a text box to auto-resize to fit the content that comes in during the data merge?
I have placed one of my data fields in a text box with a stroke and fill, and placed this as an anchored object in the main text box with the other fields. The problem is that the length of text in this field varies considerably, and I'd like the text to fit snugly within its box. Ideally this text box would not appear at all if the field is blank for a particular record.
I hope I've explained all of that clearly enough. Any ideas?

Merge multiple rows of same ID into Single row

Hi All,
I need the requirements of merging multiple rows of same ID as single row.
My Table Data:
ID     Language1 Language2 Language3 Language4
1001 NULL         JAPANESE NULL          NULL
1001 SPANISH   NULL          NULL          NULL
1001 NULL        NULL           NULL         ENGLISH
1001 NULL        NULL           RUSSIAN    NULL
Required Output Should be,
ID     Language1 Language2 Language3 Language4
1001 SPANISH    JAPANESE RUSSIAN   ENGLISH
Please help me to achieve this output.
Tried grouping but its not working also producing the same result.
Thanks.
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Try the below:
create Table Test_Sample(ID int,Language1 varchar(50), Language2 varchar(50), Language3 varchar(50), Language4 varchar(50))
Insert into Test_SAmple Values(1001,NULL,'JAPANESE', NULL, NULL),
(1001,'SPANISH', NULL, NULL, NULL),
(1001,NULL, NULL, NULL, 'ENGLISH'),
(1001,NULL, NULL, 'RUSSIAN', NULL)
Select ID,MAX(Language1),MAX(Language2),MAX(Language3),MAX(Language4)
From Test_Sample
Group by ID
Drop table Test_Sample

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