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Read a text file into SQL SERVER

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Submitted on: 11/5/2001 3:24:44 PM
By: Eli Leiba  
Level: Advanced
User Rating: By 3 Users
Compatibility:SQL Server 7.0

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     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 SERVE
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-- Description:Using BULK INSERT TO READ
--      A TEXT FILE into SQL SERVER and ELIMINA
--     TING THE USE of another text editor.
-- By: Eli Leiba
--
-- Inputs:@filename sysname (filename in
--     cludes path)
--
-- Returns:a recordset of the file lines
--      in QUERY analyzer
--
-- 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


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1/26/2002 1:26:40 PM:Selva
This is very very useful one.
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4/26/2002 2:46:41 AM:TheNeophyte
thanks!
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4/29/2002 3:07:15 AM:TheNeophyte
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
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