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Load text file into SQL Server

November 3, 2011 Leave a comment

Example:

BULK
INSERT Test
FROM 'c:testFile.txt'
WITH
(
FIELDTERMINATOR = ',',
ROWTERMINATOR = 'n'
)
GO


==================== Syntax of BULK INSERT for T-SQL =======================

BULK INSERT
   [ database_name . [ schema_name ] . | schema_name . ] [ table_name | view_name ]
      FROM 'data_file'
     [ WITH
    (
   [ [ , ] BATCHSIZE = batch_size ]
   [ [ , ] CHECK_CONSTRAINTS ]
   [ [ , ] CODEPAGE = { 'ACP' | 'OEM' | 'RAW' | 'code_page' } ]
   [ [ , ] DATAFILETYPE =
      { 'char' | 'native'| 'widechar' | 'widenative' } ]
   [ [ , ] FIELDTERMINATOR = 'field_terminator' ]
   [ [ , ] FIRSTROW = first_row ]
   [ [ , ] FIRE_TRIGGERS ]
   [ [ , ] FORMATFILE = 'format_file_path' ]
   [ [ , ] KEEPIDENTITY ]
   [ [ , ] KEEPNULLS ]
   [ [ , ] KILOBYTES_PER_BATCH = kilobytes_per_batch ]
   [ [ , ] LASTROW = last_row ]
   [ [ , ] MAXERRORS = max_errors ]
   [ [ , ] ORDER ( { column [ ASC | DESC ] } [ ,...n ] ) ]
   [ [ , ] ROWS_PER_BATCH = rows_per_batch ]
   [ [ , ] ROWTERMINATOR = 'row_terminator' ]
   [ [ , ] TABLOCK ]
   [ [ , ] ERRORFILE = 'file_name' ]
    )]

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