Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2000 Unleashed, Second Edition

The BULK INSERT Statement (Transact-SQL)

BULK INSERT allows the bulk load of data into a database table via transact-SQL. The main difference between this statement and BCP is that BULK INSERT is for loads only (and is SQL code), whereas BCP is a bidirectional, command-line–based utility.

The syntax for the BULK INSERT statement is shown here:

BULK INSERT [ [ 'database_name'.][ 'owner' ].] { 'table_name' 
FROM 'data_file' }
[ WITH
(
[ BATCHSIZE [ = batch_size ] ]
[ [ , ] CHECK_CONSTRAINTS ]
[ [ , ] CODEPAGE [ = 'ACP' | 'OEM' | 'RAW' | 'code_page' ] ]
[ [ , ] DATAFILETYPE [ =
{ 'char' | 'native'| 'widechar' | 'widenative' } ] ]
[ [ , ] FIELDTERMINATOR [ = 'field_terminator' ] ]
[ [ , ] FIRSTROW [ = first_row ] ]
[ [ , ] FIRE_TRIGGERS ] [ [ , ] ...