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Re: load multiple txt files to sql server

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tad na (teddybubu@gmail.com) writes:
> I need to import hundreds of data txt files to sql server 2008.
> All the txt files are in folders.  The folders names are country names.
> Obviously, I don't want to do this manually.
> This is what I want:
> 
> 1. import all country/folder names into sql server and create a table 
>      example: dbo.China
> 2. import all txt files in country/folder to specific dbo in sql server
> 
> Is this possible to do and is it done with stored procedures??
> How do I do this?  I am a beginner so any help is appreciated.
 
Is the structure of the text files the one and the same? In such case you 
should not create a table per file or folder, but a single table. The 
folder/country name should probably be a column in that table.

As for organising the import, you would have to write a program or use
SQL Server Integration Services (which I am not familiar with myself).


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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se

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load multiple txt files to sql server tad na <teddybubu@gmail.com> - 2014-05-23 19:42 -0700
  Re: load multiple txt files to sql server Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2014-05-24 09:45 +0200
    Re: load multiple txt files to sql server bradbury9 <ray.bradbury9@gmail.com> - 2014-05-24 04:20 -0700
      Re: load multiple txt files to sql server tad na <teddybubu@gmail.com> - 2014-05-24 09:32 -0700
        Re: load multiple txt files to sql server Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2014-05-24 21:57 +0200
          Re: load multiple txt files to sql server bradbury9 <ray.bradbury9@gmail.com> - 2014-05-25 03:21 -0700
      Re: load multiple txt files to sql server rja.carnegie@gmail.com - 2014-05-24 15:30 -0700
        Re: load multiple txt files to sql server tad na <teddybubu@gmail.com> - 2014-05-24 20:50 -0700
        Re: load multiple txt files to sql server Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2014-05-25 11:16 +0200

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