Insert into Access from SQL Server

Question

I\'m looking to copy a few thousand records from SQL Server into Access in C#. The other direction works using SqlBulkCopy. Is there anything in place to do thi

Answer 1

This will run against the MS Access OleConnection connection:

SELECT fld1, fld2 INTO accessTable FROM [sql connection string].sqltable

For example:

SELECT * INTO newtable 
FROM 
[ODBC;Description=Test;DRIVER=SQL Server;SERVER=server\SQLEXPRESS;UID=uid;Trusted_Connection=Yes;DATABASE=Test].table_1

Or to append

INSERT INTO newtable
SELECT *
FROM [ODBC;Description=Test;DRIVER=SQL Server;SERVER=server\SQLEXPRESS;UID=uid;Trusted_Connection=Yes;DATABASE=Test].table_1;

Or with FileDSN

INSERT INTO newtable
SELECT * 
FROM [ODBC;FileDSN=z:\docs\test.dsn].table_1;

You will need to find the right driver to suit, for example

ODBC;Driver={SQL Server Native Client 11.0};Server=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase; Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword; 

From http://connectionstrings.com works for me, but check out your client version.