Importing a fixed width file into an Access table is a five-second task - why is it such a headache in SSIS? Is SSIS unable to count blank spaces? It would seem so, because it can't seem to align the columns.
Admittedly, for the last three lines of my data, the columns were a bit out of alignment, so I added extra spaces to align them (although I didn't have to take this extra step for MS Access, it read the file perfectly the first time around). But even
with this extra step, I still can't isolate the columns in SSIS. Everything's running/merging together, no matter how much I try to drag the red vertical line back and forth. What am I doing wrong? I must be using the wrong wizard. I'm using SS 2012, right-click
the DB > Tasks > Import Data > Flat File Source > Fixed Width. Here's the data.
1.00010001 ARS 9/3/2001 0:00 0.99960016
1.00010001 ARS 9/4/2001 0:00 1.001001001
1.00020004 ARS 9/5/2001 0:00 0.99990001
1.00020004 ARS 9/6/2001 0:00 1.00040016
1.00050025 ARS 9/7/2001 0:00 0.99990001
1.00050025 ARS 9/8/2001 0:00 1.001001001
1.00050025 ARS 9/9/2001 0:00 1
1.00010001 ARS 9/10/2001 0:00 1.00040016
1.00020004 ARS 9/11/2001 0:00 0.99990001
1.00020004 ARS 9/12/2001 0:00 1.001101211