Jeff Moden

  • Interests: SQL. When Im not having fun with that, then SQL. ;-)

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Skipping Columns (& other tricks) Using BCP Format Files (SQL Spackle)

BULK INSERT and BCP are powerful, high performance tools for importing text files. SQL Server MVP Jeff Moden gives us several nifty tips in this introduction to BULK INSERT and BCP Format Files including "Skipping Columns" and the sequestration of bad rows while still loading all the good data.

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2024-11-22 (first published: )

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GENERATE_SERIES() Breaks Minimal Logging

tl;dr The title says it all. Prologue One of the keys to my personal learning is that, very early in my database career, I taught myself how to make lot’s of rows of Random Constrained Data in a comparatively short time. With the help of a few good folks over time, the method has been […]

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2023-09-18

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Combine DATE and TIME to DATETIME2 in SQL Server

The most common method on the internet for combining DATE and TIME columns in SQL Server is incorrect. This article demonstrates why that and other methods are incorrect and two lesser known high performance methods that produce correct results even for the "edge cases".

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2023-08-07

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2022-07-13

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