Flat File Specific Data Extraction
Feb 25, 2010
i have been searching the web for days and yet to find a clue on how to extract specific data from a flat file, i know how to extract all the data from flat file but not "specific data".
my problem now is that i need to extract a certain data out from a very very messy log file, what i need is to extract the decimal data right after "score=". it is in this format "score=1.938249".
for the decimal data right after "score", it is very random, there is no fix length to this. and also "score" does not fix in a specific position, it could be starting of the string or ending of the string of messy data.
just a peak on my messy data,
"time 20:34 17/1/2010 vlog=0 C:d7ad45f396850c532ef0ccf0da48d80di386peisgh437 ipint=98.1857991 score=1.78495 event@&1.13845"
"time 20:34 17/1/2010 vlog=1 C:Documents and SettingsDefault UserDesktop score=4.085651123 ipint=70.1578356 event@&0"
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Apr 24, 2009
I need to extract data from MS project 2003 .mpp file in dot net and dump in SQL Server.What is the best solution for this?1) I tried using OLE DB and fill dataset however it throws exception.
OleDbConnection connection = new OleDbConnection(@"Provider=Microsoft.Project.OLEDB.11.0;Initial Catalog=D:TestProject.mpp;");
[code]....
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Oct 15, 2009
Our application is using VBSQL.OCX on Sql server 2000 to create temporary tables and load pipe delimited data from a text file with predefined format into the tables. It is failing intermittently doing this. 99% times it works perfectly. But on occasions it does fail with error. Once the process is rerun with the same input file it runs successfully.Basically the architecture is of Store/Head Office where there are around 200 remote stores sending set of data files to the Head Office. At HO our application sequentially processes each store which has all the set of files received, creates a corresponding table, loads the data from the file into the table and moves onto the next store.If it is for some reason not able to load the file for a store, it gives a failure message and continues with next store.Error which the OCX throws is "Attempt to convert data stopped by syntax error in source field"
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Jun 5, 2011
I have a huge amount of data in flat-file format that I would like to validate with Visual Basic 2010. Basically the data is a text file with 300 comma separated fields and 500,000 records.
Any tips, sample code or examples? Are any .NET classes specifically geared for data validation?
As I have different validation rules for each field (some fields are dates, some are currency, etc.) I would like to store the rules away from the code (e.g. in an SQL database table). Has anyone seen this done before?
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Oct 25, 2011
I'm trying to convert a DTS package to an SSIS Package. My package contains a Data Flow task that pumps data from an OLE DB connection to a Flat File destination.The data in the flat file needs to be arranged in a certain way (eg: spacing), So how do I do that? Is there any data trasformation tool that will help me achieve this? If so how would it be done?THE DTS CODE (to put things in perspective)
sLineItem = Space(10)
sLineItem = sLineItem & Space(10)
sLineItem = sLineItem & Space(10)[code].....
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Dec 6, 2010
I am trying to extract some data from a website using a LINQ statement, the XML is in the following form.
<parent>
<p>
<b>
Title
</b>
[code]....
I would like to get the As Of Date and Data (the data row is iterated several times). Also the table and as of date appear several times in the document (the table is active from a date).I can get the rows using the following LINQ but how do I get the As Of Date
Dim l_PricesTable = From rows In l_Xml.Descendants("tr") _
Where ((rows.Descendants("td") IsNot Nothing) AndAlso (rows.Descendants("td").Count >= 1)) _
Select Data = rows.Descendants("td")(0).Value,
AsOfDate = ???
I have no way of changing the XML as it is a 3rd party source. There is no XML element which contains just the as of date and also the table, they are all under the one parent node.
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Sep 27, 2010
I have address data that is surrounded by random text. Is there a way to extract this data either with a call to a web service or some vb.net function?
example: 1111 S WILSON ROAD APT B8 CITY STATE 55555 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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May 7, 2010
i'm using two datetimepickers(from date and to date ) to extract records between these two dates.[code]
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Mar 23, 2012
I've been looking over a bunch of code snippets and I'm just not understanding what is going on there.anding the connection, reading/manipulation, and closing pI keep reading all about these DataAdapters, Ole and Sql and Sqlce and I don't know which to use or whatever.I made a database in VB.NET 2010 that came out as database.sdf and I selected the Local Database option (I assume this is relevant?). I then populated the database with a row of data with column titles and a primary key. The table contains many different columns, but for test purposes, the following is relevant:
DB Name: db_test
Table Name: Locations
Primary Key Column Header: CITY
[code].....
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Jul 24, 2011
I wonder if it is possible to find a specific row and specific columns in data base file (Access) . You see , I am using a DataGridView control to show only SOME of the columns (fields) of a table from an Access file . For example , lets say that in the DataGridView control I only show the following fields :Field1 , Field2 and Field3 .Now , when the user selects an entry in the DataGridView control , I want to insert the text from Field4 into a text box on the form .
The problem , however , is that I don't know how to get the specific row in the data base file and also I don't know how to get the text in column (field) Field4 of that row .One thing that might be important is that the index of the row in the data base file is not necessarily the same with the index of the current row in the DataGridView control . This is because in the DataGridView control the rows are order by the contents in the ID Field .ol .
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Sep 24, 2009
This is my current output in a textfile that is created during the program. (Its different from my previous post)
!CH1 = S11,CH2 = S12,
-66.979,-60.518,
-61.403,-60.546,
[code]...
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Apr 6, 2011
I have 2 representations of similar data from 2 different systems and I need to match each entity in one system with the entities in the other.[code]...
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Jul 1, 2009
I've gotten the code I posted a few weeks ago working to export a tab delimited file. ([URL]) Now, I've already converted it from tab delimited to "tilde delimited." My goal is to import this flat file created as an EDI 850 Purchase Order. My ordering system rejects the file, yet it looks identical to other working files. My thought is the encoding / format is wrong.
[Code]...
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Jan 6, 2010
Using SQLDMO you could export a file to a flat file however this functionality is not available in SMO. From what I've read you need to use SSIS to accomplish this now. how to do this in VB.NET or C#?
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Mar 9, 2012
I need to generate a flat file from my scanner MC9090 or MC9060 to my computer.
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Apr 22, 2009
Is there a way to import data from a flat file or a .txt file to a sql server table and implementing the process from vb.net??
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Oct 23, 2009
I am in process of designing an architecture for an application. Following is the high level requirement.
1. The basic requirement is to convert a flat file into XML
2. The input flat file can have various formats, the delimiters, the data positions may vary.
3. The output XML format is predefined. There is a specification defined in a word format, which I think I need to define it as an XSL or XSD.
I am planning to follow some design pattern. Not decided yet. The architecture should be flexible to extend the input file formats and accommodate any changes in output specification.
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Nov 19, 2009
What is the best method to parse through a Comma Delimited .dat file? I am using VS2002 and VB. My code will be looking for certain placeholders within the files and pulling the value from that element to populate a table in SQL2000.Here is a sample of one row that is in the database so far:17768 01 1770 003 2009-11-01 00:00:00 5065.14 NULL NULLEach spaced section is taken from a part of the .dat file, but being manually keyed in for now. My job is to automate the reading of the file, and writing it to the SQL database.Here is a sample of the flat file I am trying to parse:
0001,00003470,091411," "
0002,1000,0037707839,0000304220,0000282256,00000387
0003,1000,006795,0004,00000000,0000,00000000,0000,00000000,0000
There are about 12-13 'records' in each flat file, each row being a record as the sample shows.
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Jun 2, 2011
I am trying to create a datagrid and export the contents to a text file using VB.NET and I am doing this inside an SSIS script task in order to automate the process to export a dynamic table to text file. I don't get any error and the files are created but the files are empty. [code]
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Jul 12, 2011
so i have a file that i need to read in vb.net. Each line is 32 chars long and each line consists of multiple fields. Meaning from char 1 to 9 it idicates ID then char 10 indicates an identifier,11-14 indicates a value field. I've looked at Readblock and it's not the tool for the job. Is there a way to break up each line into its respective fields other than just reading the whole line and breaking it up as a string?
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Dec 8, 2010
I place these 2 questions in this forum simply 'cause those that know GDI+ best are probably .Net vs. VB6 classic users... So here it goes.I'm using GDI+ flat file to generate a textured brush with image attributes. Creating these are no problem, but I can't find documentation that says whether disposing of the brush will dispose the original image & attributes handles I've assigned to the brush or whether I need to destroy those also? I can't locate anything that says whether GDI+ copies the handles or uses the ones I provided. Destroying the handles well before the brush is destroyed does no damage. Thus my assumption is that the handles are copied. But you know what they say about assumptions.
2. Likewise I use a GDI+ function to return the image assigned to a textured brush. Again, I don't know if that returned image handle is to be disposed by me or not. The returned handle changes every time I call the function, so I'm assuming that I should be destroying it. Thanx to all that can shed any light whether from personal experience or pointing me to some black & white documentation.
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Mar 21, 2011
I have to read in several thousand lines of a EDI 4010 or 5010 formatted file into a database. This is medical claims data. In my current process I read each row of the file and parse it into a string array. I then assign each value of the array to a string variable and when I detect a new claim header or detail record I write the variables to the SQL server in a SQL insert statement. Example below
[Code]...
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Dec 29, 2010
I am looking at Visual Basic 2008 Step By Step. I need to read a flat file and insert the records into my SQL database. My code so far:
[Code]...
The INPUT line needs to be fixed. From what I can see, I need to move it all to a single field and use a split to parse it, correct? As I look at the entries on this site, all the code seems to use stream readers. Why would the book not do that? Am I missing something?
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Oct 19, 2009
I wish to import data (into a text box) from specified tags within an XML file.[code]Instead of loading the whole file into a text box I would like it to load data within <ABC></ABC> tags.The amount of <ABC></ABC> tags varies for each XML file. As does their placement (which line they are on).
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Jan 24, 2009
load a specific data entry from the fileUse the data in an If then statementClose file
Dim strinput As String = ""
Dim split() As String
'other appropriate dims
[code].....
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Jan 24, 2009
Could someone, please, show me a sample code to:Open a fileload a specific data entry from the fileUse the data in an If then statementClose file
Code:
Dim strinput As String = ""
Dim split() As String
[code].....
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Feb 16, 2010
Imports System.Globalization
Imports System.IO
Public Class Form1
[Code]....
I have found the above code from the net and it works fine as I would expect. I know this because I have added a put the String StoreFile into a text box and it worked. From what I understand about the code above is that we are reading the file test.txt until we reach the end of the file and we are storing it into a string.
What I would like to do is either:
1. Search the String StoreFile until I find the text of my choice, and then extract the characters around it. See attached txt file.
For example, if I wanted to search for MNAUSD in the attached txt file, I want to grab the values on the line (highlighted in blue) and make them available to my program and ignore everything else.
"MNAUSD",UNITED STATES,US $,M,1.558850,1,1.369850,1.113500,L
I know these files are comma delimited, but I would rather use a regular expressions if possible as I have other files that are not comma delimited, so it would be ideal if I have a regular expressions to handle the search and extract
OR
2. Search the File test.txt LINE BY LINE, until I reach my search text MNAUSD and then extract the same values as above.
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Feb 23, 2010
i can get this program to read the file but i now want to be able to call on the file from another form and use specific pieces of data for login verification and balance handling purposes.
[code..]
above is the contents of my txtfile but how do i reference anything in it?
[code...]
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Jan 14, 2009
i'm trying to make a program that searches for a specific file in a specific file, so when the program loads it "writes" in checked list box the names of the drives installed to the computer, but what i want to do is: when the user checks the box, i want it to search for the file in that drive, but i don't know how to do it...
I'm using:
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Collections.ObjectModel
Public Class Form1
[Code].....
how to make it search in the other drives using the checked listbox?
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Sep 17, 2010
So, I wrote a loader that extracts an executable that I have stored as an embedded resource. It writes it to %TEMP%my.exe.I made my.exe extract some files on launch. Thats why I made it in the temp. But the problem is, when I do Shell(my.exe) to the temp dir in the loader, it runs ok. But the files execute to where my loader is. :S
I was expecting the files to be extracted WITH the my.exe in temp. So if ran on my Desktop, i'd get all these files, as with putting it in temp, it'd work a lot better.Any idea how to get my.exe to launch and not put files from my.exe to extract to the loader's launch dir?
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