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 Posted - 2002-05-28 : 08:38:45
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| Scott writes "I saw your article on using bulk insert but I have a different format for my data. I have a comma delimited file but only one field is surrounded by quotes. How can I ignore the delimiter within the quotes?" |
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setbasedisthetruepath
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Posted - 2002-05-28 : 16:08:05
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Scott writes "I saw your article on using bulk insert but I have a different format for my data. I have a comma delimited file but only one field is surrounded by quotes. How can I ignore the delimiter within the quotes?"
the .csv file format ( as defined by such apps as MSFT excel ) is not a true delimited format, since it also includes escape characters when the delimiter character is contained within a field. This most commonly happens when the delimiter is a comma and the data field is a name in the "last,first" format.bulk insert is a low-level utility that can't handle this type of format. Use a DTS data pump task instead.setBasedIsTheTruepath<O> |
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Importing a *.csv file