Comments on: Importing data from text file to specific columns using BULK INSERT http://www.sql-server-performance.com/2011/importing-data-from-text-file-to-specific-columns-using-bulk-insert/ SQL Server Performance Tuning Fri, 17 May 2013 13:31:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Eric Olson http://www.sql-server-performance.com/2011/importing-data-from-text-file-to-specific-columns-using-bulk-insert/#comment-435 Eric Olson Thu, 07 Jul 2011 02:19:14 +0000 http://www.sql-server-performance.com/?p=2535#comment-435 Commas are so common in text fields. I prefer to use pipe | as a delimiter. Line 5 of the bulk insert would become:

FIELDTERMINATOR = ‘|’,

]]> By: balance http://www.sql-server-performance.com/2011/importing-data-from-text-file-to-specific-columns-using-bulk-insert/#comment-219 balance Tue, 31 May 2011 14:09:01 +0000 http://www.sql-server-performance.com/?p=2535#comment-219 Should the view be modified if there’s a comma in the FirstName or LastName fields? How should that be handled?

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