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 program instead of BULK INSERT. We will be working again with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) hypothetical database. I will be using the xp_cmdshell to execute BCP from a query window inside of SQL Server Management … Continue reading Import & Export Data – Part 3