error when importing text file - saving in notepad first works

I'm trying to import a tab separated text file into sql server 2005 using the import guide. But when running the job I get the error message

Error 0xc02020c5: Data Flow Task: Data conversion failed while converting column "Column 19" (67) to column "Column 19" (404). The conversion returned status value 2 and status text "The value could not be converted because of a potential loss of data.".
(SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)

The column 19 which reported a problem contains this information:
?searchroot=/_gen_/txt/&template=std.htm&use=prospect&intref=1_26067

However what is mysterious is that if I open the file in notepad or Excel and resave it again the job runs perfectly. This is not a way we could make it work later on since it's an automatic job that will run each night on a new text file.

The text file is sent from Norway to Sweden - and I use ANSI latin 1 when importing.

The column has datatype DT_STR with a width of 500.

I use Locale Swedish and when I save in Notepad it is saved in ANSI,

I use Windows XP Swedish version.

Try DT_WSTR instead as its unicode.

There could be a control character in that field that gets thrown away when you save in Notepad.|||

Had the same error importing a text file. Error was resolved by changing the dataype as you advised. Thanks!