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BULK INSERT for fewer columns

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Posted - 2002-09-26 : 08:28:16

Srinivas Reddy writes "Hello,

I'm having some data as shown below in varying textfiles ( of various names)
1,94000252,91845996, MEERA KHATAK ,18,94000252
2,94000252,97050199, PROMILA MATHUR ,18,94000252
I've a table called TABLE1 with 6 columns.
Using following BULK INSERT statement, I succeded in getting the records from textfile to the table.

exec ('BULK INSERT TABLE1 FROM ''c:\gene\11999284.txt'' WITH ( DATAFILETYPE = ''char'', FIELDTERMINATOR = '','', ROWTERMINATOR = ''\n'', KEEPNULLS)')

Now I've some other table with more number of columns than 6, and I don't want to increase the columns in the textfile.

And I want to use BULK INSERT Method for this.

Could some body please come with possible solution on how to go about it?

Thanks in advance.

Cheers
Srinivas Reddy"

jasper_smith
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Posted - 2002-09-26 : 09:13:30

1) Use a view
2) Use a staging table (always a good idea)
3) Use a format file for the BULK INSERT

HTH
Jasper Smith

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Posted - 2002-09-26 : 09:57:54

I would go with
1) and 2) together.

Stick a datetime default getdate() and an identity on the staging table so you know when and in what order things happened.

Don't like format files - they get messy.

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