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JaredBusch

@JaredBusch said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@JaredBusch said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@JaredBusch said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

Microsoft can kiss my fucking ass.

SQL, Excel, Access, all of it.

This keeps getting up votes.. so for reference...

So the workaround... I manually created a table with all the columns in the spreadsheet using datatype NVARCHAR(255) for every column.

I opened the spreadhseet in LibreOffice Calc.

Saved the sheet as a csv, chosing the | for my delimiter because it does not exist in the file.

Then some find/replace magic in VSCode.
' -> ''
" -> ""
\n -> ');\n
| -> ','
^ -> INSERT INTO NETL_Import (columns listed) value ('
Saved as NETL_Import.sql and ran it in Azure Data Studio.

12328 rows imported later, I now have to clean all that shit up into real data types.

Figured out a bunch of easy cleanup....

Now working my way column by column to make shit correct..

But it will be correct, and it will be a repeatable script. Because there is no way in hell that we've been told everything correctly.

So, done. I have the data in my local test system.. OMG what a pain in the ass.

Oh and now, I cannot just dump the data and import it to their host, because SQL Server isn't designed for that........

tonyshowoff

@JaredBusch said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@JaredBusch said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@JaredBusch said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@JaredBusch said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

Microsoft can kiss my fucking ass.

SQL, Excel, Access, all of it.

This keeps getting up votes.. so for reference...

So the workaround... I manually created a table with all the columns in the spreadsheet using datatype NVARCHAR(255) for every column.

I opened the spreadhseet in LibreOffice Calc.

Saved the sheet as a csv, chosing the | for my delimiter because it does not exist in the file.

Then some find/replace magic in VSCode.
' -> ''
" -> ""
\n -> ');\n
| -> ','
^ -> INSERT INTO NETL_Import (columns listed) value ('
Saved as NETL_Import.sql and ran it in Azure Data Studio.

12328 rows imported later, I now have to clean all that shit up into real data types.

Figured out a bunch of easy cleanup....

Now working my way column by column to make shit correct..

But it will be correct, and it will be a repeatable script. Because there is no way in hell that we've been told everything correctly.
So, done. I have the data in my local test system.. OMG what a pain in the ass.

Oh and now, I cannot just dump the data and import it to their host, because SQL Server isn't designed for that........

Whenever I have to deal with insane escaping or anything like that in generated SQL, I just convert the value to binary, so:

O'm"
lol

0x4f276d220a6c6f6c

JaredBusch

@tonyshowoff said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@JaredBusch said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@JaredBusch said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@JaredBusch said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@JaredBusch said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

Microsoft can kiss my fucking ass.

SQL, Excel, Access, all of it.

This keeps getting up votes.. so for reference...

So the workaround... I manually created a table with all the columns in the spreadsheet using datatype NVARCHAR(255) for every column.

I opened the spreadhseet in LibreOffice Calc.

Saved the sheet as a csv, chosing the | for my delimiter because it does not exist in the file.

Then some find/replace magic in VSCode.
' -> ''
" -> ""
\n -> ');\n
| -> ','
^ -> INSERT INTO NETL_Import (columns listed) value ('
Saved as NETL_Import.sql and ran it in Azure Data Studio.

12328 rows imported later, I now have to clean all that shit up into real data types.

Figured out a bunch of easy cleanup....

Now working my way column by column to make shit correct..

But it will be correct, and it will be a repeatable script. Because there is no way in hell that we've been told everything correctly.
So, done. I have the data in my local test system.. OMG what a pain in the ass.

Oh and now, I cannot just dump the data and import it to their host, because SQL Server isn't designed for that........
Whenever I have to deal with insane escaping or anything like that in generated SQL, I just convert the value to binary, so:
O'm"
lol
0x4f276d220a6c6f6c

I didnn't design the database structure. I'm just working with it.

tonyshowoff

@JaredBusch said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@tonyshowoff said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@JaredBusch said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@JaredBusch said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@JaredBusch said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@JaredBusch said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

Microsoft can kiss my fucking ass.

SQL, Excel, Access, all of it.

This keeps getting up votes.. so for reference...

So the workaround... I manually created a table with all the columns in the spreadsheet using datatype NVARCHAR(255) for every column.

I opened the spreadhseet in LibreOffice Calc.

Saved the sheet as a csv, chosing the | for my delimiter because it does not exist in the file.

Then some find/replace magic in VSCode.
' -> ''
" -> ""
\n -> ');\n
| -> ','
^ -> INSERT INTO NETL_Import (columns listed) value ('
Saved as NETL_Import.sql and ran it in Azure Data Studio.

12328 rows imported later, I now have to clean all that shit up into real data types.

Figured out a bunch of easy cleanup....

Now working my way column by column to make shit correct..

But it will be correct, and it will be a repeatable script. Because there is no way in hell that we've been told everything correctly.
So, done. I have the data in my local test system.. OMG what a pain in the ass.

Oh and now, I cannot just dump the data and import it to their host, because SQL Server isn't designed for that........
Whenever I have to deal with insane escaping or anything like that in generated SQL, I just convert the value to binary, so:
O'm"
lol
0x4f276d220a6c6f6c
I didnn't design the database structure. I'm just working with it.

The structure doesn't matter, if you're pulling out the data from a CSV, you just create a hex string (make sure you start with 0x) of it so you don't have to worry about escaping new lines, quotes, and the few other characters needed.

scottalanmiller

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hobbit666

NerdyDad

Obsolesce

@NerdyDad said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

I'd just answer yes, and leave the math for bots. Or is that the joke?

travisdh1

@Obsolesce said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@NerdyDad said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

I'd just answer yes, and leave the math for bots. Or is that the joke?

If you answer correctly, you are either a bot or theoretical mathematician. Either way, not quite human.

jmoore

@travisdh1 thats first year calculus. Its just an integral

travisdh1

@jmoore said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@travisdh1 thats first year calculus. Its just an integral

I don't remember doing anything quite that involved, but I only ever got to pre-calculus in math.

Dashrender

@travisdh1 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@jmoore said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@travisdh1 thats first year calculus. Its just an integral

I don't remember doing anything quite that involved, but I only ever got to pre-calculus in math.

The integral is the most complex thing in there - not that I recall how to do cos/log anymore - I think I had to look on a chart if memory serves.

scottalanmiller

@travisdh1 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@jmoore said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@travisdh1 thats first year calculus. Its just an integral

I don't remember doing anything quite that involved, but I only ever got to pre-calculus in math.

Pre-Calc definitely doesn't cover any calc, lol.

scottalanmiller

@Dashrender said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@travisdh1 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@jmoore said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@travisdh1 thats first year calculus. Its just an integral

I don't remember doing anything quite that involved, but I only ever got to pre-calculus in math.

The integral is the most complex thing in there - not that I recall how to do cos/log anymore - I think I had to look on a chart if memory serves.

I always found integrals easier than cos/sin.

hobbit666

Dashrender

@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@Dashrender said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@travisdh1 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@jmoore said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@travisdh1 thats first year calculus. Its just an integral

I don't remember doing anything quite that involved, but I only ever got to pre-calculus in math.

The integral is the most complex thing in there - not that I recall how to do cos/log anymore - I think I had to look on a chart if memory serves.

I always found integrals easier than cos/sin.

agreed! Trig was murder for me.