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minckle
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 Posted - 2007-08-06 : 06:54:59
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| HiI'm using the BCP facility to import a text file into a database. My problem is, in the table there are 10 fields but my file only contains data for 3 fieldse.gTable - id,forname,surname,dob,gender,mob_numberFile - forname,surname,mob_numberis there a way of only importing into the required fields or do i have to have columns in the order they are in, in the table????can I use this file??matt,jones,0775446644chris,jones,066565465or do i have to use this???,matt,jones,,,0775446644,chris,jones,,,066565465 |
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rmiao
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2007-08-06 : 12:43:54
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| Should use second one. By the way, do other columns accept null value? |
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Using BCP to Import