Bulk insert using stored procedure

Question

I have a query which is working fine:

BULK INSERT ZIPCodes 
FROM  \'e:\\5-digit Commercial.csv\' 
WITH 
( 
     FIRSTROW = 2 ,
    FIELDTERMINATOR = \',\', 
         


        

Answer 1

There is an alternative to dynamic SQL if you have access to the SQLCmd exe.

The SqlCmd utility allows you to pass string replacement variables using the -v argument.

You can use a template variable named "filepath" which will be replaced when you execute the script via the cmdline.

The SQL script would look like:

BULK INSERT ZIPCodes 
FROM  '$(filepath)' 
WITH 
( 
     FIRSTROW = 2 ,
    FIELDTERMINATOR = ',', 
    ROWTERMINATOR = '\n' 
)
end

You would then execute the script from a commandline using something like the following:

sqlcmd -b -S SERVER\INSTANCEHERE -E -i "PATH\FILENAMEHERE.Sql" -v FilePath = "e:\5-digit Commercial.csv" -s "|"

The important part of the example is the -v argument:

-v FilePath = "e:\5-digit Commercial.csv"