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SQL Server 2005 Tutorial: Pt. 5 - Format Files and BCP: Creating a Format File To Load Your Flat File

   Chapter: Miscellaneous - Topics That Do Not Fit Anywhere Else!
Download! Skill Level: 400 (Intermediate - Advanced)
Duration: 09:00
Size: 9MB
Versions/Editions Covered: SQL Server 2005 , SQL Server 2008 , SQL Server 2000
Added/Updated: Jan 24, 2008

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This video will dig into the purpose of the .xml format files and how to write the correct syntax for running BCP

Highlights:
  • How to generate a format file using .xml
  • Different character types
  • Specifying field terminators
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This video is part of the following video series: "An Introduction to Bulk Operations, Flat Files, and Tools in SQL Server"
This series - a twelve part series mind you - is a comprehensive survey of the various tools available to you when you want to import text files (a.k.a. flat files) into your SQL Server. This series covers scenarios such as loading empty tables with no indexes (i.e., a heap), empty tables with clustered indexes, and appending to tables. You'll learn the details about bcp, BULK INSERT, OPENROWSET, and using SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services) to do your batch loads.
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