Posted on: 4/7/2013 12:34:19 AM | Views : 316

I got a CSV file with almost 4 million records, and I'm used to working in Access but it can't handle this amount of data.  A friend suggested I try SQL Express 2012.
Please bear with me as I have never used SQL before and I am completely and utterly in over my head.  I am an IT professional, but know nothing about SQL.  This is a personal project, so I don't have access to any folks with SQL experience for it.
I imported the data, but it imported everything as varchar(50).  I tried to reimport using suggested data types, but the import fails every time.
I have tried to change the data types but I get the message below:
"Saving changes is not permitted.  The changes you have made require the following tables to be dropped and re-created.  You have either made changes to a table that can't be re-created or enabled the option Prevent saving changes that require the table to be re-created."
Any he ...

Go to the complete details ...