Importing and mapping denormalized data

[rasticle]

Hi,

This is probably easier than I'm making this out to be. If I have a data table that is denormalized and I want to import the data into a normalized database what steps do I take? What I have is very simple I have a table with facility and contact information. I want to seperate the data into existing facility and contact tables. How do I append that data and keep the information linked?

By the way, I did search for this on the forum and didn't see it, so if you can just post a link that would be great!

Thanks!

 

[SkipVought]

Hi,

HOW is it denormalized? Please post an example.

Typically, you would perform a multiple UNION query, that "rearranges" the data in query steps.

Skip,

_{Just traded in my old subtlety...
for a NUANCE!}

 

[MajP]

The built in wizard works OK on this. You may want to make a copy first and give it a try

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292799

 

[rasticle]

Right, so the actual facility information it in the correct format. But the contact information is repeated. So there could be many facilities that have the same person as a contact and since the data is in a flat file format the contact information is repeated. I need to get the contact information into it's own table so it is not repeated.

 

[rasticle]

I have already tried out the wizard and it seemed like that would be a quick easy way to do this type of import. I need to append the data to already existing tables and also keep the relationships between the contacts and facilities.

I can't be this stupid. This has to be some simple fix.