Using the BULK INSERT Command
A Transact-SQL command for importing data into a database is BULK INSERT. You can use BULK INSERT in much the same way that you use BCP. In fact, most of the parameters for BULK INSERT are the same as those used with BCP—they just have a different syntax. This syntax is shown in Example 11-4.
Example 11-4. BULK INSERT Syntax and Usage
Syntax
BULK INSERT [database_name.[schema_name ][table_name|view_name] FROM 'data_file' [ WITH ( [ [ , ] BATCHSIZE = batch_size ] [ [ , ] CHECK_CONSTRAINTS ] [ [ , ] CODEPAGE = { 'ACP' | 'OEM' | 'RAW' | 'code_page' } ] [ [ , ] DATAFILETYPE = { 'char' | 'native'| 'widechar' | 'widenative' } ] [ [ , ] FIELDTERMINATOR = 'field_terminator' ] [ [ , ] FIRSTROW = first_row ] [ [ , ] FIRE_TRIGGERS ...Get Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 Administrator's Pocket Consultant now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
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