Saturday, February 11, 2012

Access Export to SQL Server

Hi there,

Is there an equivalent in SQL Server to Access' exporting functions?

I am converting an Access database to SQL Server. One of the features of this Access DB is that it has a form through which you can export specific table data as a tab-delimited text file, csv or an excel format.

To make matters worse, the data that I want to export comes from several tables that I have merged into a view. ie. I want to export the values returned by a SELECT * on the view.

I am a newbie to Access and SQL Server so I don't know the ins and outs of things. It looks like DTS may be able to do what I want, but I am not sure. Any thoughts/ideas?Yes, dts and bcp.|||You can add a SQL Server table or view to Access as a linked table, and then use the export function of access to export data as CSV.|||Have you used the access upsizing wizard which converts your access database to sql server ?|||DTS is the way to go!

For all out there not aware, I used the Import/Export Data Service (DTS) .

From there, you can choose to export your data as a text file (or several other options).

The tricky part for me came in the next window. If you want to export a table, you can just use the "Copy table/view from source DB" option. But that option won't show the view (for some odd reason)!

Instead, I used a "query to specify data" and just selected * from the view (don't know why I didn't think of that before).

Two windows later you can check "Save DTS Package" and select "SQL Server." Give it a name, etc. and then you can run it over and over if you need to.

Thanks for all the super-fast reponses!!!

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