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

Make sure the file you're using ('C:\Users\Michael\workspace\pydb\data\andrew.out.txt') is on the SQL server machine and not the client machine running MSSMS.