August 14, 2008 at 11:54 am
Im using this command to insert a CSV file into a table:
BULK INSERT sometable
FROM 'c:\somefile.txt'
WITH
(
FIRSTROW = 2,
FIELDTERMINATOR = ',',
ROWTERMINATOR = ''
)
The CSV file is 70MB. I cannot get the file inserted into the table because I keep getting errors like:
Bulk load data conversion error (type mismatch or invalid character for the specified codepage)
I think it has to do with special characters such as '/','\','-' being in the data. Is there way to structure the bulk insert statement so it wont blow up if it hits a special character?
August 14, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Use the MAXERRORS option. Or else a Format file.
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