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Fixed length text file insert into SQL table

I am not a DBA on this one and I will not have access to BCP or anything like that. So I'm wondering if there is still a way to do it in SQL keeping it very basic. I have 100's of text files that ...
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SQL Server Import Job Removed Data After Job Failed

I have a SQL Server Job set up to import data from a table to a table on another server, using the Import/Export data wizard. In one instance, the job failed (with, I believe a SQL connection issue), ...
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which one is the fastest way of moving database form local to live server in sql server

I am using SQL Server 2008, I have big database almost 500 MB of data there. Now I wanted to upload or deploy this DB to Live server. Currently I am generating script and then uploading script to live ...
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Import batches of rows from Excel in parallel

We receive an Excel file weekly currently containing about 250k rows. The file grows by about 300 rows each week. In SSIS I've hooked up an Excel source to an OLE DB destination to import the file ...
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bulk insert from file

I am often requested to upload data from file (let's say csv) into a Sql Server 2008 db. I would like to use BULK INSERT, but I have no access to the db server file system. Questions is there a ...
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Best way to re-import large amount of data with minimal downtime

I need to import about 500,000 records containing IP lookup (read-only reference) data about once a week (only three int/bigint cols). I don't really want to worry about merging the data with the ...
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Import/export wizard code page error

Using the import/export wizard I end up with an annoying problem: Error 0xc02020f4: Data Flow Task 1: The column "pinNumber" cannot be processed because more than one code page (874 and 1252) are ...
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Import data problem in SQL Server 2008

I want to import data from one database to another. On the destination database, I don't have permission to restore a backup file to it, so I have only one option which is to import data. I used the ...
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OPENROWSET can't import an excel spreadsheet into SQL Server 2005 Express

I am trying to run the following query to select data from an excel spreadsheet: SELECT FT_ID_SOCIETE_FF2C,FT_NOM,FT_ADR1,FT_ADR2,FT_ADR3,FT_CP,FT_VILLE,FT_TEL,FT_FAX,F10 FROM OPENROWSET ...
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Suggestion for Bulk Data Import

We are working on a project which requires import data from Excel spreadsheet on daily basis. The data will be import from pre-define template and what we're thinking, first we will upload data in ...