RE: Import from Oracle into SQL*Server Slightly off Topic...

Hi All,

Unloading to a flat file etc.. is an option that I don't mind using but=  the
SQL*Server people here do not know much about importing stuff into SQL*Server and untill I have kids to repair databases for I do not real= ly
feel the urgency to waste my time on learning either. SQL*Server comes with a tool that that can do the import directly from Oracle through ODBC (Looks simple enough). It seems to not like the "NUMBER" datatype with precisions e.g. NUMBER(10) or NUMBER(8,2).

If I delete the precision it seems to be a lot happier. it's just that you'll have to manually define the precision in the SQL*Server "databas= e"
on import.

Anybody seen this and knows a way around it.

Jack

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Jack,

Have you tried exporting the data to an ASCII, and then importing it in= to
SQLServer with BCP? You have to create the table in SQLServer first of = all,
so this will give you a chance to try and set the data types correctly.=

BCP is extremely quick, but I think that it doesn't log the inserts. Al= so
depending on the index structures, and size of the import file, you may=

also
neeed to rebild your indexes again.

HTH Mark

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Hi All,

We have a bunch of people here (Sponsored by toys'r us no doubt) that a= re
trying to get data from Oracle into SQL*Server. I know this is off topic for this list but hey no harm in trying.

The import utility that comes with SQL*Server (uses ODBC) has problems importing quite a few tables.
I have the feeling that it has something to do with the number field wi= th
precision.
Anybody here with experience with this matter???

Jack
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