Importing Visual Foxpro database to SQL Server

Question

I am trying to import tables from a Visual Foxpro database into my 2008 SQL Server using SQL Server Import and Export Wizard.

My problem is that some of the column's types are failing to be auto-detected. When I open the mapping of the tables with the problem columns the columns type is set to 129. For all of them the type should be text, but my problem is that their are over 200 tables I need to import and I don't have the time to scroll through all the tables and change the column's types.

So my question is, is there a way to automatically default the type to text if the wizard can't detect what type it is?

Answer 1

From the documentation for the Import and Export Wizard:

The SQL Server Import and Export Wizard uses the mapping files that Integration Services provides to map data types from one database version or system to another... By default, the mapping files in XML format are installed to C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\MappingFiles.

If your business requires different mappings between data types, you can update the mappings to affect the mappings that the wizard performs.

You could use something like Process Monitor to find out which file it is using and update it appropriately.

Answer 2

If you have Visual FoxPro available, you could try the Upsizing Wizard available here: http://vfpx.codeplex.com/releases/view/10224