Need VB.NET ODBC code to transfer data from dbf to SQL

You probably want to select everything from the DBF in a datareader, iterate that datareader, and run inserts into the SQL Server.  That would need to be done for each table.

Data integrity constraints (such as foreign keys) could pose a problem ... I would leave foreign keys disabled in the SQL Server DB until the data are loaded.

Do you have the table structure already defined in SQL Server?

Also ... is this a one-time import?  Or something you need to continue doing programatically?  if one-time, you might do better using the Import wizard from SQL Server management studio (SSMS).

See what Cindy says here: http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:LrLMlknvcvsJ:www.developersdex.com/sql/message.asp%3Fp%3D580%26r%3D5305583+DBase+import+to+SQL+Server+2005&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a

Daniel - thanks for the response. I plan on already having the the structure up in SQL on the import side of things. This is definitely something we will be doing repeatedly.

The Jet OLE seems to run into issues on the 64 bit version of SQL server according to this..
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1221492&SiteID=1

Looks like i am going to go with the Data Reader. Can i also use the data reader to export to a DBF?

Thanks

>>Can i also use the data reader to export to a DBF?

The DataReader, or course, just READS the data ...  but you can read the data in a DataReader from the SQL Db, then use an OleDBCommand to execute insert statements against the FoxPro DB.

Talking to the SQL Server DB, you'll want to use SqlDataReader, SqlCommand, etc.  Talking to the FoxPro DB, I'm pretty sure the best to use will be the OleDB family of data access objects.

the OLE does not seem like a good option due the 64bit SQL server not supporting the Microsoft Jet Driver that seems to show up everytime i investigate OLE....but thanks.

In the ODBC world, I have the DBF and SQL connections open succesfully (code below)....how would I go about transferring data between the two?

'' connection to SQL server
        Dim oODBCConnectionSQL As Odbc.OdbcConnection
        Dim sConnStringSQL As String = _
                  "Driver={SQL Server};" & _
                  "Server=Nexus-SQL;" & _
                  "Database=TEST" & sJN & ";"
        oODBCConnectionSQL = New Odbc.OdbcConnection(sConnStringSQL)
        oODBCConnectionSQL.Open()

        '' connection to DBF folder
        Dim oODBCConnectionDBF As Odbc.OdbcConnection
        Dim sConnStringDBF As String = "DBQ=" & sNCOAFolder & ";Driver={Microsoft dBase Driver (*.dbf)}; DriverId=277;FIL=dBase4.0 "
        oODBCConnectionDBF = New Odbc.OdbcConnection(sConnStringDBF)
        oODBCConnectionDBF.Open()

OK i think i am close, just need help on this last part - my code is below. The executeNonQuery commmand gives me "ERROR [07002] [Microsoft][ODBC dBase Driver] Too few parameters. Expected 3." I checked cmfox.parameters.count and it was = 3. When I only add 2 parameters i still get the "too few parameters. Expected 3".  Note the quotes at "@F1" which I had to add to get it to compile - not sure if that goofed something up.... Also worth mentioning is that the GetOrdinal functions are returning correct field numbers..

        Dim drSQL As ODBCDataReader
        Dim cmSQL As New OdbcCommand("Select * from " & sInTable & ";", oODBCConnectionSQL)
        drSQL = cmSQL.ExecuteReader()

        Dim cmFox As ODBCCommand
        Dim sSqlFoxInsert As String = "Insert Into " & Replace(UCase(sOutTable), ".DBF", "") & "(iname,ifirst,ilast) Values (@F1, @F2, @F3)"

        While drSQL.Read()
            cmFox = New OdbcCommand(sSqlFoxInsert, oODBCConnectionDBF)
            cmFox.Parameters.Add("@F1", drSQL.GetString(drSQL.GetOrdinal("iname")))
            cmFox.Parameters.Add("@F2", drSQL.GetString(drSQL.GetOrdinal("ifirst")))
            cmFox.Parameters.Add("@F3", drSQL.GetString(drSQL.GetOrdinal("ilast")))
            cmFox.ExecuteNonQuery()
        End While

Are the fields in question, in fact string (varchar or nvarchar) data types?

Yes, they are all varchar fields

OK I finally got this to work - THANKS! As you mentioned it's painfully slow. Here's how I ended up pulling it off... I would'nt recommend this method to anyone else trying to transfer data to DBF
       
' '' connection to SQL server
        Dim oODBCConnectionSQL As Microsoft.Data.Odbc.OdbcConnection
        Dim sConnStringSQL As String = _
                  "Driver={SQL Server};" & _
                  "Server=Nexus-SQL;" & _
                  "Database=TEST" & sJN & ";"
        oODBCConnectionSQL = New Microsoft.Data.Odbc.OdbcConnection(sConnStringSQL)
        oODBCConnectionSQL.Open()

        ' '' connection to DBF folder
        Dim oODBCConnectionDBF As Microsoft.Data.Odbc.OdbcConnection
        'Dim sConnStringDBF As String = "DBQ=" & sNCOAFolder & ";Driver={Microsoft dBASE Driver (*.dbf)}; DriverId=277 "
        Dim sConnStringDBF As String = "Driver={Microsoft Visual FoxPro Driver};SourceType=DBF;SourceDB=" & sNCOAFolder

        oODBCConnectionDBF = New Microsoft.Data.Odbc.OdbcConnection(sConnStringDBF)
        oODBCConnectionDBF.Open()

        '' now actually do the data transfer
        Dim drSQL As OdbcDataReader
        Dim cmSQL As New OdbcCommand("Select * from " & sInTable & ";", oODBCConnectionSQL)
        drSQL = cmSQL.ExecuteReader()
        Dim cmFox As OdbcCommand
        Dim sSqlFoxInsert As String = ""
        cmFox = New OdbcCommand(sSqlFoxInsert, oODBCConnectionDBF)
        While drSQL.Read()
            For x = 0 To 32
                Try
                    F(x) = drSQL.GetString(x)
                Catch ex As Exception
                    F(x) = ""
                End Try
            Next
           
            sSqlFoxInsert = "Insert Into " & sOutTable & "(uniqueid,iname,iprefix,ifirst,imiddle,ilast,isuffix,ititle,icompany,iaddress1,iaddress2,iaddress3,icity,istate,izip,cmailname,cdualname,cprefix,cprefix2,cfirst,cfirst2,cmiddle,cmiddle2,clast,clast2,csuffix,csuffix2,ctitle,ctitle2,csal,csal2,ccompany,compflag) " & _
                "Values "
            ''add the array fields to the statement
            For x = 0 To 32
                If x = 0 Then
                    sSqlFoxInsert = sSqlFoxInsert & "('" & F(x)
                Else
                    sSqlFoxInsert = sSqlFoxInsert & "','" & F(x)
                End If
            Next
            sSqlFoxInsert = sSqlFoxInsert & "')"

            cmFox.CommandText = sSqlFoxInsert
            cmFox.ExecuteNonQuery()

        End While

ND_2007:
do you have program in vb.net for  transfer data from foxfro to sql server?
Thanks