How to Bulk Insert CSV Into SQL. Microsoft's SQL Server software, used in thousands of businesses ranging from storefront operations to multinational companies, has capabilities to bulk-insert ...

Good old FTP and flat file import will do the trick reliably and never take a day off. Here are the basic steps to automate an FTP download in Windows followed by a CSV insert into MS SQL Server.

The file, "c:\files\december_sales.csv," contains CSV data you wish to import. The table, "in_sales," is a database table formatted with the same number and types of fields as the CSV file.