Good old FTP and flat file import will do the trick reliably and never take a day off. Here are the basic steps to automate an FTP download in Windows followed by a CSV insert into MS SQL Server ...

MS-SQL's built-in bulk import tool cannot parse comma separated value (CSV) files when the values contain a comma even if the value is wrapped in quotes. For example, below is a two-column import file ...

SQL Server 2019 supports non-XML format files and XML format files for bulk exporting and importing. Find out about non-XML format files and their benefits. You can create a non-XML format file ...

A problem when implementing MS SQL Server is importing small pieces of data, in the form of Excel or Access files, into the database. In this article we will use a Microsoft tool called SQL Server DTS ...

A common task for a user is to import a flat file to a SQL table. The existing SSMS Import Data wizard provides a much broader set of import capabilities and configuration for defining SQL Server ...

Enter a description for the data source, for example, "MS SQL Database." Tap or click in the Server box and select the SQL Server database from which you want to import, then tap or click "Next." ...

SQL Servers allow the import or export of database diagrams to another database. All the information related to a database is stored in the dtproperties table. Therefore, to import or export a ...