“Column is too long” error with BULK INSERT

Question

I am trying to run the following command to bulk insert data from a CSV file--

 BULK INSERT TestDB.dbo.patent
 FROM \'C:\\1patents.csv\'
 WITH (FIRSTROW = 1,         


        

Answer 1

Unless the file source is Unix, chances are the file's row terminator is really

\r\n

Either use a hex editor to validate the file's terminator, or just try that as the row terminator.