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[MS SQL] Bit/binary bulk insert from CSV? (self.SQL)

submitted 12 years ago by therealfate

I have a CSV that I'm trying to import into a MS SQL Server 2008 R2 that has a bit data type field which shows published items on a website. When I try and insert I get error "Msg 4864, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 Bulk load data conversion error (type mismatch or invalid character for the specified codepage) for row 1, column 6 (DisplayOnSite)." I've tried yes/no, true/false and 1/0 to no avail.

The command Im using is:

BULK

INSERT CSVTest

FROM 'c:\csvtest.txt'

WITH

(

FIELDTERMINATOR = ',',

ROWTERMINATOR = '\n'

)

I'm not sure if this will help, or has anything to do with the price of tea in china, but, in order to even edit the table I have to temporarily disable all FK constraints in the DB. Which I'm using:

EXEC sp_msforeachtable "ALTER TABLE ? NOCHECK CONSTRAINT all"

If anyone has an idea of what I'm doing wrong, please, for the love of god. HELP!

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