How to add new column in SQL Server using SqlBulkCopy which is not present in Excel using asp.net

When using SQLBulkCopy to SQL Server from Excel, you may add text.

As the name of the sheets doesn't change I solved it this way:...Created a temporary table with the same layout as the final....Imported the data from the first sheet to temporary table....Filled the column which was now null with the correct value....Did nr 2->3 for the next sheet until all sheets were imported....Checked the temporary table for e...

Using sqlbulkcopy in C# asp.net to write xml data to a SQL server

You need some way to get your XML data into the DataSet before you can call .Tables[0]. Try using the ....ReadXml()... function of the DataSet class to load the data into your dataset:...FROM: ...http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fx29c3yd(v=VS.100).aspx...DataSet dataSet = new DataSet(); DataTable dataTable = new DataTable("table1"); dataTabl...

When using SqlBulkCopy to insert into a sql variant column, how do I specify the column type?

According to the MSDN page for ...SqlBulkCopy... (under "Remarks"):...SqlBulkCopy will fail when bulk loading a DataTable column of type SqlDateTime into a SQL Server column whose type is one of the date/time types added in SQL Server 2008....So, ...SqlBulkCopy... won't be able to handle ...DateTime2... values. Instead, I'd suggest one of two ...

ASP.NET: Using blkCopy to upload an excel file and adding a user-defined column

I am not sure how you would do this with a DataReader, but it can be done using a DataAdapter and DataTable. Filling the table, adding a column (with a default value) then passing the table to the bulk copy rather than a datareader....using (OleDbDataAdapter adapter = new OleDbDataAdapter(tableRows, connStr)) { DataTable table = new DataTable()...

Excel Data to new SQL Server table using C# - new table not being created?

Hi think you are not checking your table name before inserting excel data into data table. you can go through the below code....class excelTwosheetsBulk1 { private static readonly log4net.ILog log = log4net.LogManager.GetLogger(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType); static void Main(string[] args) { log...

ASP.NET SqlBulkCopy does not insert all records on server

I had the same problem, solved by adding the following to my connection string....IMEX=1...Example:...string ...connectionString... = "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;" + "Data Source=" + Server.MapPath(rutacom) + ";" + "Extended Properties='Excel 12.0 Xml; HDR=YES; IMEX=1'";....

Timeout Expired using SqlBulkCopy when there are 300Million rows in SQL Server Database

You have 2 properties on your sqlBulkCopy object that can help you...BulkCopyTimeout: This is the value of the timeout, 30 seconds by default. Set this value to 0 to disable the timeout entirely....BatchSize: Instead of inserting 300MM straight into the table, inserts the records at a batched size, maybe 1MM/time to prevent the timeout issue (and e...

Excel to Sql adding certain rows to sql server

A SqlBulkCopy object has a BatchSize property. I have a similar situation and set...copy.BatchSize = 1000 ...And mine works with a large spreadsheet import. Adjust this property in your environment for better performance.

Excel File upload in asp.net using SqlBulkCopy

Welcome to the fun and exciting world of dealing with Excel's quirks, and why it's a bad idea to use an Excel spreadsheet as a data source. Sadly this one is going to take a bit more work on your part to get working right....You'll need to vet each row and perform type conversions as appropriate for each column. Simplest is probably to read the s...

Can SqlBulkCopy be used with a SQL Server Compact database?

Yes, I have a SqlCeBulkCopy library/Nuget package that you can use:...https://github.com/ErikEJ/sqlcebulkcopy...Sample code:...using ErikEJ.SqlCe; private static void DoBulkCopy(bool keepNulls, IDataReader reader) { SqlCeBulkCopyOptions options = new SqlCeBulkCopyOptions(); if (keepNulls) { options = options |= SqlCeBulkCopyOpt...