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IPFL
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Posted - 2014-01-07 : 09:34:05
Hello,

I want to bulk insert a csv file into sql.
If the csv files are all the same this is not so exiting but the csv file is a bit strange.

If a row in the csv file begins with A than the row must be dropped.
If a row in the csv file begins with B than the row content is
10 chars for Product 20 chars for description 5 chars for quantity
If a row in the csv file begins with C than the row content is
5 chars for ordernr 5 chars for productid 5 chars for quantity
...

So CSV file could look like this
A 000 0 0 0 0
B0000000001product description 00005
C000020000300004
...

Now it's solved to split the csv file and import each record but this is to slow so it must be done via Bulk insert and format files?

Any suggestions

waterduck
Aged Yak Warrior

982 Posts

Posted - 2014-01-07 : 22:14:51
i think you better off using SSIS (data flow component) to cater such event.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms137612(v=sql.105).aspx
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visakh16
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52326 Posts

Posted - 2014-01-08 : 06:58:17
I agree to waterduck. You've tasks available inside SSIS to do all these activities like Deruved Column, Conditional SPlit etc which will provide you with required functionality straight out of the box.

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