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Dibs
Starting Member
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 Posted - 2003-01-10 : 09:47:23
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| Hi Using the procedure available in the article "Using BULK INSERT to Load a text file" (ItemID 3207) I am trying to load a text file. However, when I try to execute it, the following error is generated:Server: Msg 4860, Level 16, State 1, Line 1Could not bulk insert. File 'c:\TxtFile1.txt' does not exist.The file TxtFile1.txt does exist in the specified directory so I cannot understand why this is being produced. Can anyone offer me an explanation/solution??CheersAdrian. |
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nr
SQLTeam MVY
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Posted - 2003-01-10 : 10:04:25
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| Is it on the correct server?Not sure how dts handles bulk inserts (as I can't think of a good reason to use it for them) but I suspect this will be relative to the server rather than the client.==========================================Cursors are useful if you don't know sql.DTS can be used in a similar way.Beer is not cold and it isn't fizzy. |
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AjarnMark
SQL Slashing Gunting Master
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Posted - 2003-01-10 : 15:14:47
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| Could also be a permissions issue at the OS level...------------------------------------------------------The more you know, the more you know you don't know. |
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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess
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Posted - 2003-01-10 : 15:59:19
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| BULK INSERT requires that the file be located on a local drive on the server, so you will need to copy the file to the server. This is why I prefer bcp (or even DTS, but usually bcp).Edited by - tduggan on 01/10/2003 15:59:45 |
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jasper_smith
SQL Server MVP & SQLTeam MVY
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Posted - 2003-01-11 : 11:57:16
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| BULK INSERT works fine with remote files, you just specify a UNC path. For the original problem, if running this through Query Analyzer against a remote server i.e. not a local install of SQL Server on your workstation, then make sure the 'c:\TxtFile1.txt' is on the c drive of the SERVER not your workstation. The opposite is true if running a DTS package via EM on your PC. DTS designer is a client side tool and the c drive will refer to your local PC. This is a common reason why packages that run from EM fail as jobs, the files referred to are not available on the server (the next common problem being permissions).HTHJasper Smith |
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Error msg 4860