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How to Bulk insert

  • November 30, 2010 at 10:08 pm

    #229699

    I have following text file

    Ap1236

    MH5698

    TM2136

    I have following table

    CREATE TABLE Bulk_Insert_Test

    (

    State nvarchar(50)

    ,Number nvarchar(50)

    )

    my requirement is while bulk Insert from text file to table

    I need to get following records.

    State Number

    AP 1236

    MH 5698

    TM 2136

    What can I use for Field Terminator and row Terminator.

    can any one give solution please.

    Thanks,

    IRK

  • December 1, 2010 at 7:12 am

    #1257336

    For this, I would bulk insert into a one column staging table (you should use a staging table anyway to do validations on the data before inserting into the permanent table).

    Then use left(col1,2) and substring(col1,3,50) to put the data into the separate fields in the permanent table.

    Wayne
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008
    Author - SQL Server T-SQL Recipes

    If you can't explain to another person how the code that you're copying from the internet works, then DON'T USE IT on a production system! After all, you will be the one supporting it!
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    Performance Problems
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    Understanding and Using APPLY Part 1 & Part 2

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