Cannot bulk load. Operating system error code 5 (Access is denied.)

Question

For some weird reason I\'m having problems executing a bulk insert.

BULK INSERT customer_stg
FROM \'C:\\Users\\Michael\\workspace\\pydb\\data\\andrew.out.txt\         


        

Answer 1

Try giving the folder(s) containing the CSV and Format File read permissions for ‘MSSQLSERVER’ user (or whatever user the SQL Server service is set to Log On As in Windows Services)