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How to keep row order with SqlBulkCopy?
I'm exporting data programatically from Excel to SQL Server 2005 using SqlBulkCopy. It works great, the only problem I have is that it doesn't preserve the row sequence i have in Excel file. I don't have a column to order by, I just want the records to be...
asked by roman m
What's the best way to use SqlBulkCopy to fill a really large table?
Nightly, I need to fill a SQL Server 2005 table from an ODBC source with over 8 million records. Currently I am using an insert statement from linked server with syntax select similar to this:...Insert Into SQLStagingTable from Select * from OpenQuery(ODB...
asked by Chad Braun-Duin
Does SQLBulkCopy dramatically increase the .mdf file size?
I am using the SqlBulkCopy class to do a bulk insert into a SQLServer DB....Original size of the .mdf file associated with the DB is 1508 Mb.... When I run it (on the same data of about 4 million records) with :... BatchSize of 100000, the size of the .md...
asked by Pratik Stephen
SQL CLR SqlBulkCopy from DataTable
We have an in memory DataTable in a CLR procedure. After significant processing the DataTable has a lot of data that we need to load into a table in the database. Unfortunately, since we are using a ...context connection... SqlBulkCopy will not work (thr...
asked by ahsteele
How do I Import table from an ODBC Database?
I have an ODBC Database (some third party DB) where I have a bunch of tables. I am able to use 'GetSchema' to get a list of tables in there. I am also abe to utilize SQLBulkCopy to copy Data from these tables to SQL Server tables (only when I have created...
asked by R D
Error inserting data using SqlBulkCopy
I'm trying to batch insert data into SQL 2008 using ...SqlBulkCopy.......Here is my table:...IF OBJECT_ID(N'statement', N'U') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE [statement] GO CREATE TABLE [statement]( [ID] INT IDENTITY(1, 1) NOT NULL, [date] DATE NOT NULL DEFAUL...
asked by abatishchev
SQLBulkCopy Row Count When Complete
I am using SQLBulkCopy to move large amounts of data. I implemented the notification event to notify me every time a certain number of rows have been processed, but the OnSqlRowsCopied event does not fire when the job is completed. How do I get the tota...
asked by SchwartzE
SqlBulkCopy and DataTables with Parent/Child Relation on Identity Column
We have a need to update several tables that have parent/child relationships based on an Identity primary-key in the parent table, which is referred to by one or more child tables as a foreign key....Due to the high volume of data, we would like to build ...
asked by James Hugard
Writing from SQL Server table to file using BCP
I just realized my caps was on from working in SQL Server, ha. ...Anyways, Im trying to write from ...serverName.databaseName.databaseInstanceName.TableName...to ...C:\FileName.xml...using ...bcp... and I want to write only columns ...Col1... and ...Col2....
asked by tb.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Processing a flat file in chunks using multiple threads using producer/consumer pattern and SqlBulkCopy into SQL Server DB
I hope you will bear with me. I wanted to provide as much information as I can. The main problem is how to create a structure (like a stack) that will be used by multiple threads that will pop a value and use it to process one big flat file and possibly ...
asked by Rad
Rollback for bulk copy
I have an application that make a copy from my database by bulk copy class in c#....Can I rollback the bulk copy action in sql server when occur an exception?
asked by masoud ramezani
SqlBulkCopy WriteToServer example. What am I doing wrong?
This might be long, but I want to explain my example...I got this Code:...#region [parent table] DataTable dtParent = new DataTable(); DataColumn dc; dc = new DataColumn(); dc.DataType = System.Type.GetType("System.Int32"); dc.ColumnName = "Id"; dc.Uniqu...
asked by Ash
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