BULK INSERT can also use a format file for complex imports.  For simple imports that all use the same column delimiter, you don't even need that... Bulk Insert is a...

You could also do it using the other way found on the same web site you posted...

http://www.motobit.com/tips/detpg_read-write-sql-image-file/

It's still a bad idea to save images in a table, though...

First of all, the normal soap box diatribe about all the problems associated with saving images in a table would apply here.  It was a bad idea.

On to the problem......

I agree with the others.... the "quick fix" would be to convince folks that an IDENTITY column is the only way to go.

And, just to give you the warm fuzzies......

I think that someone was barking up the wrong tree when they wrote the requirement ... but, since some folks suggested doing it...

Only if I absolutely had to put up with the same cruddy requirement that William has obviously been blessed with.   It's simple data...

As CK suggested... but different...

 SELECT UserID,

        Category,

        PayPeriod,

        ISNULL(CAST(DeleteFlag AS VARCHAR(12)),'Literal Null') AS DelFlag

        ISNULL(CAST(IntegerTest AS VARCHAR(12)),'Null Integer') AS IntTest

   FROM TimeWorked_Temp

Is first name always guaranteed to be there?  If not, what happens to the comma?  Is Middle Initial always guaranteed to be there?  Can the last name have a space...

Ah... sir... you have created "Death by SQL"... if two processes fire the trigger at the same time, who will win on the input buffer table you've created.  Do the...

You're welcome and thank you for the feedback...

Cool... nice work around, Robert.

Stef, I gotta ask... why are you adding a column to a permanent table?  Why doesn't the table already have that column?  I'm obviously missing something here...

We're all in this together and I'm pullin' for ya" --Red Green

And, thanks for the feedback, Robert... that's what this is all about.

Thanks, Commando... I appreciate the feedback...

Yep... if you try to execute the whole thing... it's a single "batch".  During "compile" time, the whole thing is evaluated and since the column doesn't actually exist, yet, the...

If you don't already have one... now is the time to make a "Tally" table... Here's how...

--===== Create and populate the Tally table on the fly

 SELECT TOP 11000...