Virtualize CSV file with PolyBase [!INCLUDE sqlserver2022-and-later] [!INCLUDE sssql22-md] can query data directly from CSV files. This concept, commonly referred to as data virtualization, allows the ...

Good old FTP and flat file import will do the trick reliably and never take a day off. Here are the basic steps to automate an FTP download in Windows followed by a CSV insert into MS SQL Server.

This post was authored by Tara Raj and Vinson Yu, Program Managers – SQL Server Team We are excited to announce the public preview availability of two new command line tools for SQL Server: The ...

For a small data size, uses bcp to import data into Azure SQL Database. If you are trying this tutorial with your own data, your data needs to use the ASCII or UTF-16 encoding since bcp does not ...