i am trying to read a 2 way delimited txt file into sqlserver in C# 2008.

[indona]

i am trying to read a 2 way delimited txt file into sqlserver in VS2008 using C# and SQL server2005. the individual entries of the file are delimited by "~" and the data within the entries are separated using "$". and i need to read the entries as rows in the database and the data within each entry i.e. delimited by $ as columns or fields in the database.

since i am new to .net, i am not able to do the 2 way delimiting and read all the rows into the database.

here is a pattern of the data we are dealing with...

************************************************** ******
12:02:16 AM$206.79.184.123$eejyaqmgcm0cdj45apdeeu55$Availab ility$General network error.~
12:02 AM$170.35.208.22$bo1lbm455s1di245asulqrjc$online_b ooking.aspx$Object reference not set to an instance of an object.~

************************************************** ******

as u can see, ~ separates two different entries...i.e to be entered as rows in the database. and $ separates the data within each entry...i.e the columns inside each row in the database.

i would be very thankful if u could help me in this matter as soon as possible.

[GaryTexmo]

Have a look at the String.Split method.

You can use it to tokenize your source string by ~. Then use it again on each token returned by the first split to further tokenize those lines by #.

Also, note that in the second token (by ~) you've got a space in one of the items.. "online_b oooking.aspx" instead of "online_booking.aspx". Typo? Maybe check your source file.

Try playing with String.Split and let us know if you have any questions! :)

[indona]

thanks a lot for the reply. i have just done the reading of the file with the split function by displaying the lines onto cmd. thanks a lot for the help.
but i am still not sure about the part of reading the data into the database. can you plz help me with some sample code for this.

[GaryTexmo]

Sorry, I'm not overly experienced with working with databases, nor do I have your setup. If it's a DataSet you're putting it into, and each delimited item represents a column, you should be able to tell the column number by the index in the split array.

I dunno if that helps or not...

[indona]

okay.... i will try with d index part u just mentioned..
anyway thanks a lot..