SQL Bulk Insert has been tuned over the years to work well with the Microsoft .NET Framework. This tutorial shows you how to take advantage of its power.

How to Reindex SQL Tables. The indexes on a the tables of a large database make a huge difference in its performance and utility. Without an index, locating a single record in a large table can ...

Microsoft's SQL Server software, used in thousands of businesses ranging from storefront operations to multinational companies, has capabilities to bulk-insert Comma Separated Value files into a ...

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

SQL lets you use one command to quickly create a new table containing a subset of records from a larger table while working in Access. Sound complicated? It's not, as Mary Ann Richardson shows us.

explicitly identify each table with a specific command. You can insert specific values into a table with an Identity column, but, to do so, you must first set the IDENTITY_INSERT value to ON.

The first form of the CREATE TABLE statement creates tables that automatically map SQL data types to those supported by the SAS System. Use this form when you want to create a new table with columns ...

This way, you handle both the initial insert and the modified data in a single pass. Keep large-table queries to a minimum Queries on tables of any size aren’t free.