>>Script Language and Platform: T-SQL/ SQL SERVER
Let's say we have txt file dts_2_11012005.txt. The file is located in subdirectory C:STUDIESsql_serveropenrowset_txt_to_sql.

dts_2_11012005.txt is a Tab Delimited file, which contains following columns :

emp_id       Width 9

fname        Width 8

minit        Width 1

lname        Width 9

job_id       Width 2

job_lvl      Width 3

pub_id       Width 4

hire_date    Width 10

[dts_2_11012005.txt]

ColNameHeader=True

Format=TabDelimited

MaxScanRows=0

CharacterSet=ANSI

Col1=emp_id Text Width 9

Col2=fname Text Width 8

Col3=minit Text Width 1

Col4=lname Text Width 9

Col5=job_id Text Width 2

Col6=job_lvl Text Width 3

Col7=pub_id Text Width 4

Col8=hire_date date Width 10

Author: Boris Bondar

 Use pubs

SELECT * INTO txtmport FROM 

OPENROWSET(''Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0'',

''Text;Database=C:STUDIESsql_serveropenrowset_txt_to_sql'',

''SELECT * FROM dts_2_11012005.txt'') 

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