SQL Server 2005's Management Studio offers lots of new functionality, but you can't always use a GUI. Sometimes you need to run a script from the command line, especially for an upgrade or install ...

Now that you’ve automated the fetching of your flat file via FTP, the next step is to automatically import that file into SQL Server. To do this, we’ll use an SQL Server Agent Job.

When it comes to handling large volumes of data in SQL Server—especially importing and exporting flat files like CSVs or TXT files—the BCP (Bulk Copy Program) utility is one of the most powerful tools ...

The .bak file must be from a SQL Server no older than 2008. The SQL Package utility may run into issues converting databases with certain types of data, or that are using certain features. You may ...