SQL Server 2000 Ent, PowerBuilder 6.5 Ent, Window 2000 Pro
Hi,
My only experience is with Oracle,so please bear with me...
We have some new clients that require our pricing data be imported
into their Sql Server databases. The price lists are in Excel files,
which we recieve from numerous vendors on a quarterly basis.
In Oracle we take the following steps:
1. Import this data into tempory tables using bulk import utility
called sqlLoader.
2. Then we have procedures that parse in the data to our various price
tables.
3. Next we export the tables to a '.dmp' file. (contains table data
and table definitions I think).
4. Then the clients download the .dmp file
5. Our client application is then used to drop the price tables on
their local db. and import the .dmp file.
Can anyone point me in the right direction by telling me how to
approach this using SQL Server?
Thanks,
Karen