Using BULK INSERT TO READ A TEXT FILE into SQL SERVER and ELIMINATING THE USE of another text editor.
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-- Name: Read a text file into SQL SERVER
-- Description:Using BULK INSERT TO READ A TEXT FILE into SQL SERVER and ELIMINATING THE USE of another text editor.
-- By: Eli Leiba
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-- Inputs:@filename sysname (filename includes path)
--
-- Returns:a recordset of the file lines in QUERY analyzer
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-- Assumes:Usage :
exec sp_readTextFile 'c:\autoexec.bat'
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Create proc sp_readTextFile @filename sysname
as
begin
set nocount on
Create table #tempfile (line varchar(8000))
exec ('bulk insert #tempfile from "' + @filename + '"')
select * from #tempfile
drop table #tempfile
End
go
is there a reverse thing of this? i mean, from the database i will write the fields of all the tables into a textfile using a sql statement? if so, may i know how? thanks (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
3/26/2003 10:16:17 AM:
Do you no of a similar command in Oracle to popualte a table from a file, Thanks (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Can you tell me if this would work with a binary file (assuming that I convert the field type to image, of course)
Thanks!
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1/26/2002 1:26:40 PM: 
