SQL SERVER – Import CSV File Into SQL Server Using Bulk Insert – Load Comma Delimited File Into SQL Server

CSV stands for Comma Separated Values, sometimes also called Comma Delimited Values.

Create TestTable

USE TestData
GO
CREATE TABLE CSVTest
(ID INT,
FirstName VARCHAR(40),
LastName VARCHAR(40),
BirthDate SMALLDATETIME)
GO

Create CSV file in drive C: with name sweetest. text with the following content. The location of the file is C:\csvtest.txt

1,James,Smith,19750101

2,Meggie,Smith,19790122

3,Robert,Smith,20071101

4,Alex,Smith,20040202



Now run following script to load all the data from CSV to database table. If there is any error in any row it will be not inserted but other rows will be inserted.

BULK INSERT dbo.Z_tmp2
FROM 'D:\temp.csv'
WITH
(
FIELDTERMINATOR = ','
,ROWTERMINATOR = '\n'
,FIRSTROW=2
--,DATAFILETYPE='widechar'
,CODEPAGE=65001
--,ERRORFILE ='D:\MDM_CIC\source\error.txt'
)
GO

--Check the content of the table.
SELECT *
FROM CSVTest
GO
--Drop the table to clean up database.
DROP TABLE CSVTest
GO

Reference : Pinal Dave (http://blog.SQLAuthority.com)