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BULK INSERT

Imports a data file into a database table or view in a user-specified format.
Syntax:

BULK INSERT 
   [ database_name. [ schema_name ] . | schema_name. ]
[ table_name | view_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 ] 
   [ [ , ] FORMATFILE ='format_file_path' ] 
   [ [ , ] KEEPIDENTITY ] 
   [ [ , ] KEEPNULLS ] 
   [ [ , ] KILOBYTES_PER_BATCH =kilobytes_per_batch ] 
   [ [ , ] LASTROW =last_row ] 
   [ [ , ] MAXERRORS =max_errors ] 
   [ [ , ] ORDER ( { column [ ASC | DESC ] } [ ,...n ] ) ] 
   [ [ , ] ROWS_PER_BATCH =rows_per_batch ] 
   [ [ , ] ROWTERMINATOR ='row_terminator' ] 
   [ [ , ] TABLOCK ] 
   [ [ , ] ERRORFILE ='file_name' ] 
    )]