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  • September 9, 2008 at 5:28 am

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    GAURAVKAUSHIK26 (9/9/2008)

    You can define cr/lf delimiter for getting data in rows. As far as columns are concerned, you can use substring function of sql to create and fill columns. eg: if you need to spilt 'goodluck' into 2 columns - good|luck

    col1 = substring(columnName,starting position,length)

    col1=substring(ColumnName,1,4).....will give 'good' from column columnName which can be filled into new created column..

    Yep, that would work, as well, and it'll be pretty fast. But a Bulk Insert using a BCP Format file would be faster.

    Still waiting on the OP to attach a sample file and the CREATE statement for the target table, though...

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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.

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

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