Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 12/28/05 01:28

(ckirby@mindspring.com) writes:
> The file is actually stored on the server, so the path shouldn't be a
> problem.
>
> However, I'm getting an error returned from this Bulk Insert command:
> BULK INSERT dbo.tmpPaTimeClock
> FROM '\\Csi\c\Tmp\PER_HRS1.CSV' WITH (DATAFILETYPE = 'char', FIRSTROW
>=1)
>
>
> Server: Msg 4866, Level 17, State 66, Line 1
> Bulk Insert fails. Column is too long in the data file for row 1,
> column 1. Make sure the field terminator and row terminator are
> specified correctly.

How about reading the error message? :-) It says: "Make sure the field
terminator and row terminator are specified correctly.". Did you do
that? No, the default field terminator is tab.

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