DTS: Converting datatype in the source before import

Hi, In my source (text file connection) there is a date field but the date
is stored yyyymmdd (20080226)
I need to convert this into a real date 02/26/2008 and then import it into
the sql server database into a datetime field.
I'm a newbie with DTS so very detailed insturctions would be greatly
appreciated. When I just tried having it import into SQL Server I got an
error obviously since the date in the source data is not in a format sql
server will understandI'm not going to get detailed but I'll give you one way to do this. You'll
have to do some research on your own.
Import into a varchar column then use convert to transform and push into
your destination datetime column
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Sincerely,
John K
Knowledgy Consulting
http://knowledgy.org/
Atlanta's Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse Experts
"Patrick Hill" <phill@.nospam_quickcomm.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, In my source (text file connection) there is a date field but the date
> is stored yyyymmdd (20080226)
> I need to convert this into a real date 02/26/2008 and then import it into
> the sql server database into a datetime field.
> I'm a newbie with DTS so very detailed insturctions would be greatly
> appreciated. When I just tried having it import into SQL Server I got an
> error obviously since the date in the source data is not in a format sql
> server will understand
>
>|||i forgot to mention use convert function when pushing varchar into datetime
column
--
Sincerely,
John K
Knowledgy Consulting
http://knowledgy.org/
Atlanta's Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse Experts
"Knowledgy" <atlanta business intelligence consultants> wrote in message
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> I'm not going to get detailed but I'll give you one way to do this.
> You'll have to do some research on your own.
> Import into a varchar column then use convert to transform and push into
> your destination datetime column
> --
> Sincerely,
> John K
> Knowledgy Consulting
> http://knowledgy.org/
> Atlanta's Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse Experts
>
> "Patrick Hill" <phill@.nospam_quickcomm.com> wrote in message
> news:uKzCVkIeIHA.1212@.TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Hi, In my source (text file connection) there is a date field but the
>> date is stored yyyymmdd (20080226)
>> I need to convert this into a real date 02/26/2008 and then import it
>> into the sql server database into a datetime field.
>> I'm a newbie with DTS so very detailed insturctions would be greatly
>> appreciated. When I just tried having it import into SQL Server I got an
>> error obviously since the date in the source data is not in a format sql
>> server will understand
>>
>