Importing from file to database

Hi,

I am quite new to this forum and I have a question regarding data import from a simple text file to a database.
I am trying to write a code that takes the text from the attached file and import it to my database. Can anybody help my?
I would prefer if it could be imported in to one row in the database in stead of being spread out over multiple.

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Kind regards,
Lasse Jepsen

You can call File.ReadAllText to get the entire contents of a file as a String and then saving it to a database is the same as for any other String. If you don't know how to save a String to a database then you should follow the Database FAQ link in my signature and check out the .NET resources there to learn how to use ADO.NET.

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Originally Posted by jmcilhinney

You can call File.ReadAllText to get the entire contents of a file as a String and then saving it to a database is the same as for any other String. If you don't know how to save a String to a database then you should follow the Database FAQ link in my signature and check out the .NET resources there to learn how to use ADO.NET.

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Thank you for the reply. I will give it a go!

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Once again thank you for the reply. I have managed to convert my txt file to at string. If I try to import this string as a flat file with the SQL Server import software I can do so. I have tried to read through your tutorials, however, I am unable to suceed in importing the string to my database. Here is how my code looks like:

Code:

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Dim connectionString As String =
    "Data Source=BÆRBAR\SQLEXPRESS;" &
    "Initial Catalog=TEST;" &
    "Integrated Security=True;Pooling=False"
        Dim linkToDB As New SqlConnection(
          connectionString)
        linkToDB.Open()
        Dim commandWrapper As New SqlCommand(
                "BULK INSERT [import contact] FROM " & fileReader &
                " WITH ( FIELDTERMINATOR = ';' , ROWTERMINATOR = '|' ) ", linkToDB)
        MsgBox(fileReader)

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My string looks like this:

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|
9999;
1347089590;
0;
906000;
B;
;
false;
0;
0;
0;
0;
;
Hejsa;
2;
Non-MILCO;
false;
No info;
0;
0;
0;
;
Not Dealt With;
0.975164456623246;
0.196728754225765;
2;
Non-MILCO;
1.1;

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Can anybody help me to get this corrected?

Kind regards

i think you need to call file.ReadAllText to get the entire contents of a file as String and then saved it to a DB.