BULK INSERT some rows being added with quotation marks











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I'm attempting to BULK INSERT a tab-separated text file into a database only containing VARCHAR data. For some reason, some of the data is getting double quotation marks placed around it randomly, while other rows do not:



domain      sku         type    product

amazon.com  b0071n529i  laptop  hp_4535s_a7k08ut#aba_15.6-inch_laptop

amazon.com  b00715sj82  laptop  "dell_64gb_mini_pcie_ssd_pata,_f462n"


The statement I'm using looks like this:



BULK INSERT database

FROM 'file.txt' WITH (FIRSTROW = 1, FIELDTERMINATOR = 't', ROWTERMINATOR = '0x0a');





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  • If you use a terminator (in your case the tab), which might occur within a text as well, the usual approach is to use text qualifiers. In most cases this is the double quote. Just imagine a CSV with the semi-colon as delimitier and a row like 1;2;This is a text;and it continues. The engine would not know, that there is a semi-colon as part of the text and would cut the string. The solution 1;2;"This is a text;and it continues". Check if the quoted strings include a tab...
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    Nov 11 at 11:14















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I'm attempting to BULK INSERT a tab-separated text file into a database only containing VARCHAR data. For some reason, some of the data is getting double quotation marks placed around it randomly, while other rows do not:



domain      sku         type    product

amazon.com  b0071n529i  laptop  hp_4535s_a7k08ut#aba_15.6-inch_laptop

amazon.com  b00715sj82  laptop  "dell_64gb_mini_pcie_ssd_pata,_f462n"


The statement I'm using looks like this:



BULK INSERT database

FROM 'file.txt' WITH (FIRSTROW = 1, FIELDTERMINATOR = 't', ROWTERMINATOR = '0x0a');





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  • If you use a terminator (in your case the tab), which might occur within a text as well, the usual approach is to use text qualifiers. In most cases this is the double quote. Just imagine a CSV with the semi-colon as delimitier and a row like 1;2;This is a text;and it continues. The engine would not know, that there is a semi-colon as part of the text and would cut the string. The solution 1;2;"This is a text;and it continues". Check if the quoted strings include a tab...
    – Shnugo
    Nov 11 at 11:14













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I'm attempting to BULK INSERT a tab-separated text file into a database only containing VARCHAR data. For some reason, some of the data is getting double quotation marks placed around it randomly, while other rows do not:



domain      sku         type    product

amazon.com  b0071n529i  laptop  hp_4535s_a7k08ut#aba_15.6-inch_laptop

amazon.com  b00715sj82  laptop  "dell_64gb_mini_pcie_ssd_pata,_f462n"


The statement I'm using looks like this:



BULK INSERT database

FROM 'file.txt' WITH (FIRSTROW = 1, FIELDTERMINATOR = 't', ROWTERMINATOR = '0x0a');





sql-server tsql







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I'm attempting to BULK INSERT a tab-separated text file into a database only containing VARCHAR data. For some reason, some of the data is getting double quotation marks placed around it randomly, while other rows do not:



domain      sku         type    product

amazon.com  b0071n529i  laptop  hp_4535s_a7k08ut#aba_15.6-inch_laptop

amazon.com  b00715sj82  laptop  "dell_64gb_mini_pcie_ssd_pata,_f462n"


The statement I'm using looks like this:



BULK INSERT database

FROM 'file.txt' WITH (FIRSTROW = 1, FIELDTERMINATOR = 't', ROWTERMINATOR = '0x0a');





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  • If you use a terminator (in your case the tab), which might occur within a text as well, the usual approach is to use text qualifiers. In most cases this is the double quote. Just imagine a CSV with the semi-colon as delimitier and a row like 1;2;This is a text;and it continues. The engine would not know, that there is a semi-colon as part of the text and would cut the string. The solution 1;2;"This is a text;and it continues". Check if the quoted strings include a tab...
    – Shnugo
    Nov 11 at 11:14


















  • If you use a terminator (in your case the tab), which might occur within a text as well, the usual approach is to use text qualifiers. In most cases this is the double quote. Just imagine a CSV with the semi-colon as delimitier and a row like 1;2;This is a text;and it continues. The engine would not know, that there is a semi-colon as part of the text and would cut the string. The solution 1;2;"This is a text;and it continues". Check if the quoted strings include a tab...
    – Shnugo
    Nov 11 at 11:14
















If you use a terminator (in your case the tab), which might occur within a text as well, the usual approach is to use text qualifiers. In most cases this is the double quote. Just imagine a CSV with the semi-colon as delimitier and a row like 1;2;This is a text;and it continues. The engine would not know, that there is a semi-colon as part of the text and would cut the string. The solution 1;2;"This is a text;and it continues". Check if the quoted strings include a tab...
– Shnugo
Nov 11 at 11:14




If you use a terminator (in your case the tab), which might occur within a text as well, the usual approach is to use text qualifiers. In most cases this is the double quote. Just imagine a CSV with the semi-colon as delimitier and a row like 1;2;This is a text;and it continues. The engine would not know, that there is a semi-colon as part of the text and would cut the string. The solution 1;2;"This is a text;and it continues". Check if the quoted strings include a tab...
– Shnugo
Nov 11 at 11:14












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If your issue is those double quotes then you can do this after insertion that would be the better solution,



UPDATE TABLE A

SET A.Product=Replace(A.Product,'"','')

Where Left(A.Product,1)='"' or Right(A.Product,1)='"'





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  • My issue is the double quotes. And yes, a replace would fix the issue... but why are they being added in the first place? They aren't in my txt file.
    – tsb8m
    Nov 11 at 3:05










  • could you check this,
    – Ajan Balakumaran
    Nov 11 at 3:08










  • stackoverflow.com/questions/12902110/…
    – Ajan Balakumaran
    Nov 11 at 3:08










  • from what i see the double quotation you are getting is a text qualifier, so if you can set that as text qualifier you won't get that.
    – Ajan Balakumaran
    Nov 11 at 3:10










  • My text file doesn't have any double quotes though... tabs are my text qualifier.
    – tsb8m
    Nov 11 at 4:49











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If your issue is those double quotes then you can do this after insertion that would be the better solution,



UPDATE TABLE A

SET A.Product=Replace(A.Product,'"','')

Where Left(A.Product,1)='"' or Right(A.Product,1)='"'





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  • My issue is the double quotes. And yes, a replace would fix the issue... but why are they being added in the first place? They aren't in my txt file.
    – tsb8m
    Nov 11 at 3:05










  • could you check this,
    – Ajan Balakumaran
    Nov 11 at 3:08










  • stackoverflow.com/questions/12902110/…
    – Ajan Balakumaran
    Nov 11 at 3:08










  • from what i see the double quotation you are getting is a text qualifier, so if you can set that as text qualifier you won't get that.
    – Ajan Balakumaran
    Nov 11 at 3:10










  • My text file doesn't have any double quotes though... tabs are my text qualifier.
    – tsb8m
    Nov 11 at 4:49















up vote
0
down vote













If your issue is those double quotes then you can do this after insertion that would be the better solution,



UPDATE TABLE A

SET A.Product=Replace(A.Product,'"','')

Where Left(A.Product,1)='"' or Right(A.Product,1)='"'





share|improve this answer





















  • My issue is the double quotes. And yes, a replace would fix the issue... but why are they being added in the first place? They aren't in my txt file.
    – tsb8m
    Nov 11 at 3:05










  • could you check this,
    – Ajan Balakumaran
    Nov 11 at 3:08










  • stackoverflow.com/questions/12902110/…
    – Ajan Balakumaran
    Nov 11 at 3:08










  • from what i see the double quotation you are getting is a text qualifier, so if you can set that as text qualifier you won't get that.
    – Ajan Balakumaran
    Nov 11 at 3:10










  • My text file doesn't have any double quotes though... tabs are my text qualifier.
    – tsb8m
    Nov 11 at 4:49













up vote
0
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up vote
0
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If your issue is those double quotes then you can do this after insertion that would be the better solution,



UPDATE TABLE A

SET A.Product=Replace(A.Product,'"','')

Where Left(A.Product,1)='"' or Right(A.Product,1)='"'





share|improve this answer












If your issue is those double quotes then you can do this after insertion that would be the better solution,



UPDATE TABLE A

SET A.Product=Replace(A.Product,'"','')

Where Left(A.Product,1)='"' or Right(A.Product,1)='"'






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  • My issue is the double quotes. And yes, a replace would fix the issue... but why are they being added in the first place? They aren't in my txt file.
    – tsb8m
    Nov 11 at 3:05










  • could you check this,
    – Ajan Balakumaran
    Nov 11 at 3:08










  • stackoverflow.com/questions/12902110/…
    – Ajan Balakumaran
    Nov 11 at 3:08










  • from what i see the double quotation you are getting is a text qualifier, so if you can set that as text qualifier you won't get that.
    – Ajan Balakumaran
    Nov 11 at 3:10










  • My text file doesn't have any double quotes though... tabs are my text qualifier.
    – tsb8m
    Nov 11 at 4:49


















  • My issue is the double quotes. And yes, a replace would fix the issue... but why are they being added in the first place? They aren't in my txt file.
    – tsb8m
    Nov 11 at 3:05










  • could you check this,
    – Ajan Balakumaran
    Nov 11 at 3:08










  • stackoverflow.com/questions/12902110/…
    – Ajan Balakumaran
    Nov 11 at 3:08










  • from what i see the double quotation you are getting is a text qualifier, so if you can set that as text qualifier you won't get that.
    – Ajan Balakumaran
    Nov 11 at 3:10










  • My text file doesn't have any double quotes though... tabs are my text qualifier.
    – tsb8m
    Nov 11 at 4:49
















My issue is the double quotes. And yes, a replace would fix the issue... but why are they being added in the first place? They aren't in my txt file.
– tsb8m
Nov 11 at 3:05




My issue is the double quotes. And yes, a replace would fix the issue... but why are they being added in the first place? They aren't in my txt file.
– tsb8m
Nov 11 at 3:05












could you check this,
– Ajan Balakumaran
Nov 11 at 3:08




could you check this,
– Ajan Balakumaran
Nov 11 at 3:08












stackoverflow.com/questions/12902110/…
– Ajan Balakumaran
Nov 11 at 3:08




stackoverflow.com/questions/12902110/…
– Ajan Balakumaran
Nov 11 at 3:08












from what i see the double quotation you are getting is a text qualifier, so if you can set that as text qualifier you won't get that.
– Ajan Balakumaran
Nov 11 at 3:10




from what i see the double quotation you are getting is a text qualifier, so if you can set that as text qualifier you won't get that.
– Ajan Balakumaran
Nov 11 at 3:10












My text file doesn't have any double quotes though... tabs are my text qualifier.
– tsb8m
Nov 11 at 4:49




My text file doesn't have any double quotes though... tabs are my text qualifier.
– tsb8m
Nov 11 at 4:49


















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