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  • February 23, 2017 at 5:43 am

    #1929915

    rob_nye - Thursday, February 23, 2017 2:11 AM

    turns out the problem was the date field on each row.. wasnt being recognised as datetime therefore would not import

    changed process to import into a temp table with the date field as varchar
    then did an insert from temp to base table converting the date field into a bona fide datetime field 🙂

    Importing into a staging table, like you did, is usually the best way to go because it allows you to pre-validate all data long before it hits your production table.  It also makes doing "upserts" a whole lot easier, if that's something that you need to do.

    --Jeff Moden

    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

    Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

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