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jisaac
Helper II
1 year ago

Copy Job On-Prem SQL Server Error: 'FORMAT' is not a recognized built-in function name. [Moved Post]

Hello,

 

I was trying out the Copy Job (Preview) item as what it is meant to be will be very useful for me. I attempted to pull data from a SQL Server running an older version. I was greeted with this error:

Failure happened on 'Source' side.

ErrorCode=SqlOperationFailed,'Type=Microsoft.DataTransfer.Common.Shared.HybridDeliveryException,Message=A database operation failed with the following error: ''FORMAT' is not a recognized built-in function name.',Source=,''Type=System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException,Message='FORMAT' is not a recognized built-in function name.,Source=.Net SqlClient Data Provider,SqlErrorNumber=195,Class=15,ErrorCode=-2146232060,State=10,Errors=[{Class=15,Number=195,State=10,Message='FORMAT' is not a recognized built-in function name.,},],'

 

According to this article, the 'FORMAT' function was introduced in SQL Server 2012. My server is running a version prior to that. Is there anyway to work around this to allow the Copy Job to work?

 

Thanks,

Jacob

 

[This is a repost from another section. Someone asked me to post it here instead.]

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9 Replies

    • jisaac's avatar
      jisaac
      Helper II
      1 year ago

      Thanks for your response, but this is not helpful. I am not the one making the FORMAT call, it is the Copy Job doing it natively. I'm asking if I can change Copy Job to not use that function call, or if there is another work around.

      Also, I already linked a similar post in the original post.

      • lbendlin's avatar
        lbendlin
        Super User
        1 year ago

        I don't think Microsoft will want to support that legacy setup.

  • jisaac's avatar
    jisaac
    Helper II
    1 year ago

    Still looking for a solution to this. Is it possible to create my own FORMAT function on the sys schema that Copy Job will call?

    • FabianSchut's avatar
      FabianSchut
      Solution Sage
      1 year ago

      Hi jisaac,

      Could you try to use the Copy Activity within the Data Pipeline instead of the Copy Job? I'm not sure whether Copy Activity does not use FORMAT, but you could try that out.

      • jisaac's avatar
        jisaac
        Helper II
        1 year ago

        Hi FabianSchut,

        Copy activity from pipelines work on my SQL Server 2008 R2 database, yes. I have been using them for several months. I was interested in the automatic Incremental Loading feature of the Copy Job, so I'm hoping to switch if I can get it to work.

        (I already have an incremental loading system working with Notebooks, but it's rather clunky.)