title: Truncation errors importing to SQL Server 2005 from Excel
body: <p>Long story short, I'm taking a bunch of excel documents one by one, and importing them using the Import/Export wizard into a database in SQL Server 2005.</p>
  
  <p>Here's one report (all processes not shown are a "Success").  Is there any way for me to ignore truncation errors? I've googled around to no avail, or at least not in my version.</p>
  
  <blockquote>
  <pre><code>- Executing (Success)
  
  - Copying to [Datadev].[dbo].[Sheet0$] (Error)
    Messages
    * Error 0xc020901c: Data Flow Task: There was an error with output
  </code></pre>
    
    <p>column "Value Meaning Description"
    (234) on output "Excel Source Output"
    (9). The column status returned was:
    "Text was truncated or one or more
    characters had no match in the target
    code page.".
           (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)</p>
  
  <pre><code>  * Error 0xc020902a: Data Flow Task: The "output column "Value
  </code></pre>
    
    <p>Meaning Description" (234)" failed
    because truncation occurred, and the
    truncation row disposition on "output
    column "Value Meaning Description"
    (234)" specifies failure on
    truncation. A truncation error
    occurred on the specified object of
    the specified component.
           (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)</p>
  
  <pre><code>  * Error 0xc0047038: Data Flow Task: SSIS Error Code
  </code></pre>
    
    <p>DTS_E_PRIMEOUTPUTFAILED.  The
    PrimeOutput method on component
    "Source - Sheet0$" (1) returned error
    code 0xC020902A.  The component
    returned a failure code when the
    pipeline engine called PrimeOutput().
    The meaning of the failure code is
    defined by the component, but the
    error is fatal and the pipeline
    stopped executing.  There may be error
    messages posted before this with more
    information about the failure.
           (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)</p>
  
  <pre><code>  * Error 0xc0047021: Data Flow Task: SSIS Error Code
  </code></pre>
    
    <p>DTS_E_THREADFAILED.  Thread
    "SourceThread0" has exited with error
    code 0xC0047038.  There may be error
    messages posted before this with more
    information on why the thread has
    exited.
           (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)</p>
  
  <pre><code>  * Error 0xc0047039: Data Flow Task: SSIS Error Code
  </code></pre>
    
    <p>DTS_E_THREADCANCELLED.  Thread
    "WorkThread0" received a shutdown
    signal and is terminating. The user
    requested a shutdown, or an error in
    another thread is causing the pipeline
    to shutdown.  There may be error
    messages posted before this with more
    information on why the thread was
    cancelled.
           (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)</p>
  
  <pre><code>  * Error 0xc0047021: Data Flow Task: SSIS Error Code
  </code></pre>
    
    <p>DTS_E_THREADFAILED.  Thread
    "WorkThread0" has exited with error
    code 0xC0047039.  There may be error
    messages posted before this with more
    information on why the thread has
    exited.
           (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)</p>
  
  <pre><code>- Post-execute (Success)
    Messages
    * Information 0x402090df: Data Flow Task: The final commit for the
  </code></pre>
    
    <p>data insertion has started.
           (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)</p>
  
  <pre><code>  * Information 0x402090e0: Data Flow Task: The final commit for the
  </code></pre>
    
    <p>data insertion has ended.
           (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)</p>
  
  <pre><code>- Cleanup (Success)
    Messages
    * Information 0x4004300b: Data Flow Task: "component "Destination -
  </code></pre>
    
    <p>Sheet0$" (323)" wrote 210 rows.
           (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)</p>
  </blockquote>