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  • December 6, 2012 at 5:28 pm

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    Rob-350472 (12/6/2012)

    I'd have to review the split function you linked to - I opened it and had a quick look but I've not had the time to read it yet.

    As for the format, these addresses will be in an xls and the user will create a CSV to upload, they don't have to create a CSV though of course, it's just how we've done things before...

    It might be that you don't really need a splitter. Depending on the format of each line in the file, the use of BULK INSERT might be a lot more appropriate and MUCH faster.

    --Jeff Moden

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    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.

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