This is part 18 and the article of the series of article on SSIS. In this article, we are going to learn how to bulk insert in SSIS.
Introduction
In this article we are going to see on how to use Bulk Insert task in SSIS, This task as name specifies uses the BULK insert of the values to the destination. Destination can be any of the datasource as we have like OLEDB, excel, etc. Let’s jump into this and see on how to use this task and how to configure the same using SSIS packaging.
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Steps
Follow steps 1 to 3 on my first article to open the BIDS project and select the right project to work on integration services project. Once the project is created, we will see on how to use Execute SQL task and create a table using the same.
Drag and drop a Bulk Insert task from the tool box to the designer window as shown below
The input file which has the bulk data to upload to the SQL Server will look like below.
Now double click on the Bulk Insert task to make the configuration. It will open the window as shown in the below screen.
Here in the source we have selected the file and in the destination we have selected the table.
In the table at present we have the list of records as shown in the below screen we will see after executing the package how many records are available.
Now we will execute the project and you will see the output.
Conclusion
So in this article we have seen on how to use Bulk Insert task in SSIS.