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Hi, I did a query time ago that was working perfectly until today and it started retrieving data like this:
We didn't modify the file, the data source or the steps, and I tried different things but couldn't fix it.
Does anyone have any idea of why this is happening and how to fix it?
Thanks.
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Hi @Anonymous
Looks like that 503 error from Sharepoint is the issue. WHatever it's returngin to the query is being read as binary data - hence the odd characters you are seeing.
Check Sharepoint and reconfirm that you can accesss the files you want.
Regards
Phil
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Hi @Anonymous
Looks like that 503 error from Sharepoint is the issue. WHatever it's returngin to the query is being read as binary data - hence the odd characters you are seeing.
Check Sharepoint and reconfirm that you can accesss the files you want.
Regards
Phil
Proud to be a Super User!
Hi @Anonymous
So the CSV file you are importing is actually a text CSV? Not binary?
Can you confirm Parameter5 contains the correct path and filename for the CSV? Try hardcoding the path/filename to test.
Can you post the CSV in question for me to check.
Regards
Phil
Proud to be a Super User!
Hi Philip, thanks for taking the time.
The CSV I'm importing are actually Excel files; xlsx, and all the Parameters that I had, they were automatically labelled as Binary, and worked always fine.
The Parameter5 contains the correct Path and filename. The files are placed into a Sharepoint and we retrieve the data from there.
I don't know if the query might get corrupted by any reason, but I also got this error message and I think it has to do with that, Error 503, which actually is a Server-side problem.
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