Bulk Insert witha variable

You can’t use a variable as a table reference in a BULK insert (or any
SELECT for that matter).  To do so, you need to use dynamic SQL, but I would be very careful that you know what you are doing if you decide to step into dynamic SQL!

To illustrate dynamic SQL is a bit too much for this simple reply, but one tip is to never use:

“EXEC @SQL”

But to use

Execute sp_execute_sql @SQL

If you do a quick search on dynamic SQL you should come up with a few decent hits among the clutter.  SQLServerCentral.com is a good place to start.

J

-Ryan

Hey folks,

This SQL thing is kind of new to me, so please forgive me if this is a really basic question.

Why can't I use a variable for the Bulk Insert command? Is there a way to get around this? Here's what I'm working with:

DECLARE
@emarket_ind int,
@csvfile varchar(MAX)

CREATE TABLE #table01 (
id int identity,
email varchar(MAX),
customer_no int)

BULK
INSERT #table01
FROM @csvfile
WITH (FIELDTERMINATOR = ',', ROWTERMINATOR = '\n')

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!

Rey

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You can’t use a variable as a table reference in a BULK insert (or any
SELECT for that matter).  To do so, you need to use dynamic SQL, but I would be very careful that you know what you are doing if you decide to step into dynamic SQL!

To illustrate dynamic SQL is a bit too much for this simple reply, but one tip is to never use:

“EXEC @SQL”

But to use

Execute sp_execute_sql @SQL

If you do a quick search on dynamic SQL you should come up with a few decent hits among the clutter.  SQLServerCentral.com is a good place to start.

J

-Ryan

Hey folks,

This SQL thing is kind of new to me, so please forgive me if this is a really basic question.

Why can't I use a variable for the Bulk Insert command? Is there a way to get around this? Here's what I'm working with:

DECLARE
@emarket_ind int,
@csvfile varchar(MAX)

CREATE TABLE #table01 (
id int identity,
email varchar(MAX),
customer_no int)

BULK
INSERT #table01
FROM @csvfile
WITH (FIELDTERMINATOR = ',', ROWTERMINATOR = '\n')

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!

Rey

The Public Theater

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