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BULK INSERT Data from file but ignore the first occurence of field terminator

I have a file that has data arranged in the following style: 1 1 0.5102 0.4898 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1 2 0.3114 0.6886 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 I need to load ...
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Check if row exists

I need to write a query that will insert a row only once, even if the query is run multiple times. Being new to SQL (well new-ish), I did an if not exists(...) but a friend said he preferred deleting ...
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Subquery in the VALUES clause

Here's a real-world schema: CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Setting] ( [ID] [BIGINT] NOT NULL, [Module] [NVARCHAR](400) NOT NULL, [Property] [NVARCHAR](400) NOT NULL, [Value] ...
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Is there a SQL Server equivalent to “OVERRIDING USER VALUE”

While googling I found about the OVERRIDING USER VALUE parameter for an INSERT for IBM's iSeries. Is there an equivalent command for Microsoft SQL Server versions 2005 or newer to allow you to ...
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Generate insert statements for table AND related data

I'm looking to move data from tables and related tables between 2 databases. The trouble is the primary keys are out of sync. Is anyone aware of a tool which can generate insert statements for a ...
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Multi-Table Join to Single Destination

I am having a serious performance issue with join together four tables and placing the results (in a certain permutation) into one destination table. I am using MSSQL 2008 and good ole T-SQL. To ...
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After dropping the clustered index, it is still attempting to do a clustered insert

I am trying to convert data from one database system to another. One of the tables I need to transfer and format contains over 10 million rows. I am running the following script to do it: USE ...
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Overloaded Database - Batch Updates vs Atomic/Single Updates

We have on overloaded database which is now receiving failed transactions consequently. The proposed solution is to create a 2nd database that taskes all the (ecommerce) transactions initially and ...
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Speed up INSERTs

I need to have a way to insert to a table, fast, synchronous, with minimal duration. What I've tried ("blind") is : Have no index on the table whatsoever Switch to simple logging (from full logging) ...
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Find out which columns must be specified in insert-statement

Sometimes when inserting data in a table with many columns it could be useful to know which columns must be specified if the insert-statement shouldn't fail. I wrote this query to find out which ...
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Deny insert/delete for all users in SQL Server 2005

In our database we have about 20 users, that is used be some program (and users are added with this program). Now there was new requirement to use 2 database and do not allow delete data from one ...
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Insert bulk Parent and Children rows using SQL Query

We receive bulk data from our customers in a spread sheet. I loaded them in a temporary table as of now. I tried to normalize the data and create a parent table and each parent to have 4 or 5 child ...
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Doing a bulk insert in SQL Server

I have to do the insert operation in the db as follows, I create an item I create 5-10 properties for that item, all these data i get in the form of a collection of objects. I donot want to ...
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Efficient INSERT INTO a Table With Clustered Index

I have a SQL statement that inserts rows into a table with a clustered index on the column TRACKING_NUMBER. E.G.: INSERT INTO TABL_NAME (TRACKING_NUMBER, COLB, COLC) SELECT TRACKING_NUMBER, COL_B, ...
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ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE question

I'm trying to compare data from two systems. The basic idea is: Create Temp Table. Insert Table1 Data. Insert Table2 data (Table a linked, remote server) with UNIQUE Ids respected. Filter where ...
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How can I tell WHY an insert on a certain table is slow?

I know that an INSERT on a SQL table can be slow for any number of reasons: Existence of INSERT TRIGGERs on the table Lots of enforced constraints that have to be checked (usually foreign keys) Page ...