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Posted - 2001-08-13 : 00:04:24
Neil writes "I am running the following statement :

BULK INSERT full_text_dump
FROM 'e:\ngw\sample_files\sample.sql'
WITH (DATAFILETYPE = 'widechar')

This works fine and I have incorperated it into a Stored Procedure.

However in some situations the file (ie e:\ngw\sample_files\sample.sql) may not exist. In this case the bulk insert statement fails with a fatal error.

I would like to know how I can check if the operating system file exists prior to runing the Bulk insert statement so that I can avoid running the bulk insert and therefore avoid the fatal error.

Please let me know if this is possible."
   

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