I recall, I was just curious how someone else was doing it with simple SQL. You of all people should know there are quite a few ways to skin the neighbors cat and duct tape it to the light pole outside.
On 11/21/05, Andrew Tyrone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Aaron Rouse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 11:04 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: Multiple Row Insert Into SQL from another database > > > > I am curious what would the SQL script look like to connect > > to the MS Access > > and then insert into the current MSSQL db? I do not work with > > MSSQL enough > > to know so just curious how simple it is. > > As you'll recall, we were chatting about this the other day. Since I > already had code to connect to an Access DB from a previous project (which > was linked to FoxPro tables -- yecch!), I modified it a bit to work with a > new project that needs data imported from an Access DB to SQL Server. The > way I went about it is to create a linked server in SQL Server, using an > OLEDB Jet 4.0 connection to Access: > > <cfquery ...> > USE Master > > <!--- Drops the linked server if it exists already ---> > EXEC sp_dropserver mylinkedserver, droplogins > > EXEC sp_addlinkedserver > @server = 'mylinkedserver', > @provider = 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0', > @srvproduct = 'Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Jet', > @datasrc = '[absolute_path_to_mdb_file]' > > EXEC sp_addlinkedsrvlogin accessdbname, FALSE, username, password > </cfquery> > > > <cfquery ...> > <!--- Extract data from the access db and into SQL Server. This creates > the > tables in sql server as well ---> > SELECT * > INTO [tablename] > FROM linkedservername...[tablename] > </cfquery> > > > To transform the data using native Access functions, you can use SQL > Server's OPENQUERY() function: > > <cfquery ...> > <!--- Extract data from the access db and into SQL Server ---> > SELECT > DOB > > INTO > tablename > > FROM > OPENQUERY > (mylinkedserver, > SELECT > IIF(YEAR(DOB)<1753 OR > YEAR(DOB)>9999,NULL,DOB) AS DOB > FROM > tablename > ) > </cfquery> > > > > -- Andy > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:224905 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
