SQL Bulk Insert is not a new technology. In fact, I've used it since SQL Server 6.5., when it was a very cumbersome implementation from Microsoft that required a great deal of preparation of the Bulk ...

If I have a variable rs ("ColumnA") that is an empty string "" and I want to insert it into a table as a NULL instead, isn't there a SQL function that would ...

How to Check for Duplicates Before Inserting Into SQL. When you insert new records into an SQL database, you may run into issues where you accidentally overwrite records that are already present ...

Arthur Fuller explores the value of identity columns and the usefulness of their arbitrary values and discusses ways to use SQL Server 2000's IDENTITY_INSERT setting.

Example 1: Creating a Table and Inserting Data into It ... This example creates the table PROCLIB.PAYLIST and inserts data into it.

As in other PROC and DATA steps, you can use only a view descriptor or other SAS data set in an SQL procedure statement, not an access descriptor. If you did not create the DBF file, you must be ...