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comment Fixed length text file insert into SQL table
Not having experience with FORMAT FILE, I've looked into it briefly, but I haven't seen an example that addresses files like the example, where the header has one set of columns, the data rows another, and the footers another. Can you suggest a source for info?
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comment Fixed length text file insert into SQL table
In my very limited experience, SQL isn't as bad at string manipulation as everyone says--this is how I'd try it if SSIS vaporized itself, and if the performance wasn't acceptable, I'd try something else.
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comment pros/cons of different ways to store whether a record is one of two options?
I can't vouch for best practice, but I'd go with option 3. You can make it a bit if you're sure you only need the two options, and changing it to an int later (if your prognosticator is faulty) would probably be significantly easier than fixing one of the other options. Probably not a bad idea to still build the corresponding AddressType table for a reference, even if you don't code to use it.
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