Question

I have a ton Visual FoxPro db files that I am trying to import into an empty SQL 2008 Express database. When I run through the SQL Import and Export Wizard everything seems to communicate fine. When I get to the mappings section I can click on preview and see the data in the selected FP table. When I click on Edit Mappings or Next I get:

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Column information for the source and destination data could not be retrieved.

"eqr_sellers" -> [dbo].[eqr_sellers]:

           - Cannot find column -1.
 (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
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Cannot find column -1. (System.Data)

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Program Location:

   at System.Data.DataColumnCollection.get_Item(Int32 index)
   at Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.Controls.ProviderInfos.MetadataLoader.LoadColumnsFromTable(IDbConnection myConnection, String[] strRestrictions)
   at Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.DtsWizard.OLEDBHelpers.LoadColumnsFromTable(MetadataLoader metadataLoader, IDbConnection myConnection, String[] strRestrictions, DataSourceInfo dsi)
   at Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.DtsWizard.TransformInfo.PopulateDbSourceColumnInfoFromDB(IDbConnection mySourceConnection)
   at Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.DtsWizard.TransformInfo.PopulateDbSourceColumnInfo(IDbConnection mySourceConnection, ColumnInfoCollection& sourceColInfos)

Any insight would be appreciated.

Answer 1

What are the data types? Auto-Increment Integer fields are not supported by the ODBC connectors I have used in the past.