Microsoft's SQL Server software, used in thousands of businesses ranging from storefront operations to multinational companies, has capabilities to bulk-insert Comma Separated Value files into a ...

How to Check for Duplicates Before Inserting Into SQL. When you insert new records into an SQL database, you may run into issues where you accidentally overwrite records that are already present ...

I have an application that reads an image file and puts it into a MEDIUMBLOB. Or at least that's what it's supposed to do. What it actually does is nothing. I can do the database insert, which ...

Arthur Fuller explores the value of identity columns and the usefulness of their arbitrary values and discusses ways to use SQL Server 2000's IDENTITY_INSERT setting.