• you'd probably be much better off using BULK INSERT over bcp + xp_cmdshell anyway:

    --in via bulk insert

    BULK INSERT INV_StageTable FROM 'c:\Test\Aut_2014-04-22.csv'

    WITH (

    DATAFILETYPE = 'char',

    FIELDTERMINATOR = ',',

    ROWTERMINATOR = '\n',

    FIRSTROW = 1

    )

    Lowell


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