SqlBulkCopy Tutorial - Knowledge Base (KB)
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Does sqkbulkcopy replace table schema?
I was inserting bulk data from C# code using sqlbulkcopy.There were 15000 records in temp_upload table.Now somehow the datatable in WriteToServer() method had just one column and 37 rows....After running it I found that the table just had 37 records.Initi...
asked by Rohit Raghuvansi
How can I perform an SqlBulkCopy (equivalent) using an ODBC connection in C#?
I am working on a project where I need to extract data from a MSSQL database table, and then insert the data into a table of the same structure on an AS400....The SqlBulkCopy would be the ideal candidate for this operation, but fails (understandably) beca...
asked by Matt
SqlBulkCopy into table with composite primary key
I'm trying to use SqlBulkCopy to insert new rows into my DB table by manually populating a DataTable w/in my application....This works fine for all tables ...except the table that has a composite primary key made up of 3 columns.... Whenever I try to Sql...
asked by kamens
Bulk Copy from SQL Server to Oracle
I have a requirement for a project to move data from SQL Server to Oracle in bulk mode. There is OracleBulkCopy from DataDirect and ODP .net but to use that I have to first convert the data reader from SQL server into a CSV file and then can export that u...
asked by Manav
sqlbulkcopy using sql CE
Is it possible to use SqlBulkcopy with Sql Compact Edition e.g. (*.sdf) files?...I know it works with SQL Server 200 Up, but wanted to check CE compatibility....If it doesnt does anyone else know the fastest way of getting a CSV type file into SQL Server ...
asked by Mark H
How to use SqlBulkCopy with nullable columns
I’m having an issue using SqlBulkCopy when nullable columns are involved. It sounds like SqlBulkCopy doesn't know how to deal with nullable columns and throws an illegal size error when it encounters a zero length column. The error is ..."Received an in...
asked by Chad
SqlBulkCopy refuses to convert String.Empty into INT NULL
Recently I've been tasked with creating an automated ETL process that pumps the data into tables based on the flat file name by reading a master mapping file. I've decided to go with SqlBulkCopy and everything seemed to be fine. IDataReader interface was ...
asked by a_person
Is it possible to use SqlBulkCopy in SQL 2008 without permission 'db_datawriter'?
I want to limit my database possible access ways to only using stored procedures. Everything works fine except ...System.Data.SqlClient.SqlBulkCopy.... I'm using it only in one class for massive data import....Is it possible to avoid this problem?...I tri...
asked by abatishchev
Which right grants user a right to grant another right to himself in SQL 2008?
I need to grant a ...db_datawriter... before executing ...SqlBulkCopy... and remove it after:...try { "EXEC [db_mod].[sys].[sp_addrolemember] N'db_datawriter', N'my_user'" // via SqlCommand bulk.WriteToServer(table); } finally { "EXEC [db_mod].[s...
asked by abatishchev
ODBC and Windows Service
I'm new to windows services and... you guessed it, I’m a bit stuck. Let me paint the picture –...I’m running a timed service that use an OdbcDataReader and SqlBulkCopy to (1) archive the data (2) normalize the data on a SQL box. When I run this code...
asked by DNS
Converting String to bit before inserting into the database
Can anyone help in converting string value in C# to bit equivalent in Sql. I'm trying to bulkcopy the values of a datatable into Sql table. All the values I've in the datatable are in string format. When I try to bulkcopy to SQL table I'm getting an er...
asked by vix
Using SQLBulkCopy to Insert/Update database
I have a datatable with the records.I'm inserting records into Sql table using SqlBulkCopy.It works fine.Next time when get the datatable with same records with few changed values SqlBulkCopy is inserting another set of records without updating the previo...
asked by vix
Is there a way to use SqlBulkCopy without converting the data to a DataTable?
Is there a way to use SqlBulkCopy without converting the data to a DataTable? I have a list of objects (List) in RAM and I really don't want to use more memory to create the DataTable. Could it be possible to implement IDataReader on a List?...Thanks!
asked by Martin
SQLBulkCopy connection errors when working with SQL Azure
We are currently trying out the SQLBulkCopy API on the new SQL Azure CTP....While we have been able to consistently migrate tables with about a million rows, we are facing connection errors when working with larger tables. We keep getting (after random ro...
asked by Steve
SqlBulkCopy problem
i use SqlBulkCopy to insert data from OleDbDataReader (contains data from xls) to mssql-2005 i have a cloumn on the OleDbDataReader that contains number stored as text (in the xls) ...when i look into the mssql data i see null in that column all other c...
asked by eyalb
SQL Bulkcopy for Client / Parent relationship
we have 2 DataTables in a .NET application having a Client / Parent relationship with millions of rows. This data should be inserted into a SQL Server database via SQL BulkCopy. It is possible that multiple instances of this .NET application run in parall...
asked by user115545
SqlBulkCopy failing with String conversion issue
I have a view which generates a number of columns which I want to bulk load into another table which has identically named columns....This procedure worked fine when I was looping over the SqlDataReader and doing an insert with SqlParameters using a SqlCo...
asked by Tim Ebenezer
Get SqlDateTime overflow in SqlBulkCopy.WriteToServer()
I insert data from a typed dataset into my MSSQL database by using SqlBuldCopy class:...foreach (DataTable dt in ds.Tables) { using (SqlBulkCopy bulkCopy = new SqlBulkCopy(conn)) { bulkCopy.DestinationTableName = "dbo." + dt.TableName + "...
asked by Jack Black
SqlBulkCopy with SqlHelper class
I've installed ...DataAccessApplicationBlock.msi... and I got the ...Microsoft.ApplicationBlocks.Data.dll... file into my bin folder. I found every other sqlhelper methods except ...ExecuteBulkCopy.......How do I add ...ExecuteBulkCopy... function to the ...
asked by ACP
System.InvalidOperationException with SQlBulkCopy
I got the following error when executing bulkcopy....System.InvalidOperationException The given value of type String from the data source cannot be converted to type decimal of the specified target column. ...I use the following code....DataTable empTabl...
asked by ACP
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