The BCP command line utility is the Cadillac of ETL programs for text based data files. It is REALLY FAST. It can perform data imports, data exports and generate format files. What it lacks in the transformation step can be crafted with custom TSQL.
Today, I am going to concentrate on [...]
The BCP command line utility is the Cadillac of ETL programs for text based data files. It is REALLY FAST. It can perform both imports and exports and it can generate format files from existing objects.
Today, I am going implement the same business algorithms I did earlier (Part 2) using the BCP [...]
The BULK INSERT statement imports formatted data directly into a table or view of your choosing. The main advantage of this statement is that is minimally logged if the correct recovery model is choosen. Peforming a transaction log backup after each bulk insert reclaims the log space that was used. This statment has [...]
There are not many real life databases that do not import data from external sources or do not export data for delivery to external targets. I am going to devote a series of talks on different ways to perform these functions.
The INSERT statement is the easiest way to load small sets of static [...]
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