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Specifying Columns in a Bulk Insert

Is there a way to specify columns using Bulk Insert? For example, if
there were 10 columns and I only wanted 8 of those columns, is there a
way to choose and still use the Bulk Insert facility?
Nov 20 '08 #1
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On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:48:24 -0800 (PST),
"im*******************@yahoo.com" <im*******************@yahoo.com>
wrote:

Check out the FORMATFILE argument.

-Tom.
Microsoft Access MVP

>Is there a way to specify columns using Bulk Insert? For example, if
there were 10 columns and I only wanted 8 of those columns, is there a
way to choose and still use the Bulk Insert facility?
Nov 21 '08 #2

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