could you please suggest a better options than bulk insert for importing excel csv file into sql dB table?

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I've millions of data(which are in numerical)in excel csv.please help.thanx in advance

Posted 24-Feb-15 17:06pm

Manidas Payyoli

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 24-Feb-15 23:14pm

Not using Excel, perhaps. And stopping to pretend that Excel is something like a database... :-)
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[no name] 24-Feb-15 23:30pm

how to import it? @sergey

Wendelius 24-Feb-15 23:34pm

Better in which sense, what is currently wrong with bulk insert?

[no name] 24-Feb-15 23:49pm

It doesn't insert whole data, means data doesn't find. But all rows are affected.

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Wendelius · Answer 1 · 2015-02-24T18:00:00

If the data doesn't load properly, there are two parameters you should define

BATCHSIZE, try having the BATCHSIZE as 1. This will slow you down but then again you may have different results and that would help you to find the problem

ERRORFILE, define a file where the error messages go. After running the import, investigate the contents of this file

Abdulnazark · Answer 2 · 2015-02-24T18:49:00

you can use ole automation in sql server like below

declare @OLEResult int,@FS int,@FileID INT,@FileName VARCHAR(100),@Message VARCHAR (8000)
set @filename='C:\test.csv'

-- Open the text file for reading
EXEC @OLEResult = sp_OAMethod @FS, 'OpenTextFile', @FileID OUT, @FileName, 1, 1
IF @OLEResult = 0
-- Read the first line into the @Message variable
EXECUTE @OLEResult = sp_OAMethod @FileID, 'ReadLine', @Message OUT

-- Keep looping through until the @OLEResult variable is < 0; this indicates that the end of the file has been reached.
WHILE @OLEResult >= 0
BEGIN

EXECUTE @OLEResult = sp_OAMethod @FileID, 'ReadLine', @Message OUT
END

EXECUTE @OLEResult = sp_OADestroy @FileID
EXECUTE @OLEResult = sp_OADestroy @FS

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could you please suggest a better options than bulk insert for importing excel csv file into sql dB table?

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