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SQL Server Merge From File Such as CSV Using OPENROWSET
SELECT *
FROM OPENROWSET(BULK 'c:\temp\Customers.txt',
FORMATFILE = 'c:\temp\CustomersFmt.xml') AS SRC;
SELECT *
FROM OPENROWSET(BULK 'c:\temp\Customers.txt',
FORMATFILE = 'c:\temp\CustomersFmt.xml') AS SRC;
Similarly, the OPENROWSET function can be used directly in the USING clause of the MERGE statement, like so:
MERGE INTO Sales.MyCustomers AS TGT
USING OPENROWSET(BULK 'c:\temp\Customers.txt',
FORMATFILE = 'c:\temp\CustomersFmt.xml') AS SRC
ON SRC.custid = TGT.custid
WHEN MATCHED THEN UPDATE
SET TGT.companyname = SRC.companyname,
TGT.country = SRC.country,
TGT.phone = SRC.phone
WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN INSERT
VALUES( SRC.custid, SRC.companyname, SRC.country, SRC.phone );
MERGE INTO Sales.MyCustomers AS TGT
USING OPENROWSET(BULK 'c:\temp\Customers.txt',
FORMATFILE = 'c:\temp\CustomersFmt.xml') AS SRC
ON SRC.custid = TGT.custid
WHEN MATCHED THEN UPDATE
SET TGT.companyname = SRC.companyname,
TGT.country = SRC.country,
TGT.phone = SRC.phone
WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN INSERT
VALUES( SRC.custid, SRC.companyname, SRC.country, SRC.phone );
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