Jun 16, 2011 · Right click the database, select tasks, select Import Data, and has been pointed out identify quotes as the text qualifier. For a csv, tab delimited file you would change Data Source option to: Flat File Source

Feb 10, 2014 · if they delimiters are not the standard comma/line feeds, you need to modify the registry, and then put it back to 'normal afterwards for, say pipe delimiter or semicolons.

Jul 29, 2023 · On 32-bit systems (SQL Server 2014 and below), it is possible to import CSV data into a SQL Server table without bulk-import optimizations by using OPENROWSET with the OLE DB Provider for Jet. Jet treats text files as tables, with the schema defined by a schema.ini file that is located in the same directory as the data source.

Jun 1, 2016 · The solution requires putting a “Schema.ini” file in the same directory as the file you are attempting to upload, and the file HAS TO BE NAMED “schema.ini” (case insensitive). The contents of the simple text file should be as follows:

It's the only way I know how to upload it from a semicolon-delimited text file to a table. I have to automate the process from an Access application; I do it with some fixed-length files using VBA to call an SQL file that contains BULK IMPORT commands similar to the above –

Feb 19, 2020 · We can use Import Flat File Option in SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio) for loading the .csv and .txt files as Tables in SQL Server. If Object Explorer is not opened, Click keyboard shortcut ‘F8’ or Go to View–>Object Explorer like below.

Oct 13, 2018 · Sounds like you need to specify a different delimiter to a comma (,), as it can appear in your data. You can specific the delimiter by use -t. So you could use -t "|" to specify a pipe as the ...

Oct 4, 2013 · I have a file I need to import into SQL server. File is CSV with Text Delimiter “” . The problem is that one of the fields (Desc field) contains commas and “” as well, totally throwing the import off.

Using Withdata software File To DB, a TXT to SQL Server converter for Windows, MacOS, and Linux, you can import multiple TXT (“;” semicolon delimited text) files into a single SQL Server table in one go.

Jan 29, 2020 · You'll either need to choose a delimiter that doesn't appear in your data, such as a pipe (|) or use ETL software such as SSIS that does support identifiers. Either way, you need to change your data to either quote the strings that contain commas (,) or change the delimiter.