Msdn explanation:
Import data files to database tables or views in the format specified by the user in SQL Server.
Syntax:
BULK INSERT [ database_name . [ schema_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 ] [ [ , ] FORMATFILE = ‘format_file_path‘ ] [ [ , ] KEEPIDENTITY ] [ [ , ] KEEPNULLS ] [ [ , ] KILOBYTES_PER_BATCH = kilobytes_per_batch ] [ [ , ] LASTROW = last_row ] [ [ , ] MAXERRORS = max_errors ] [ [ , ] ORDER ( { column [ ASC | DESC ] } [ ,...n ] ) ] [ [ , ] ROWS_PER_BATCH = rows_per_batch ] [ [ , ] ROWTERMINATOR = ‘row_terminator‘ ] [ [ , ] TABLOCK ] [ [ , ] ERRORFILE = ‘file_name‘ ] )]
Simple application:
The table structure is as follows:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Types] ( [Id] INT IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL, [TypeName] VARCHAR (50) DEFAULT (‘‘) NULL, [TypeValue] INT DEFAULT ((0)) NULL, PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED ([Id] ASC));
The content of the text file to be imported (D: \ a.txt) is as follows:
1,Add,12,Modify,23,Delete,4
Import command:
BULK INSERT dbo.Types FROM ‘D:a.txt‘ WITH(FIELDTERMINATOR=‘,‘)
Fieldterminator: delimiter between fields (default value: \ t tab );
Rowterminator: the delimiter between rows. The default value is \ r \ n ).
For other parameters, see the msdn annotation.