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Jul 20, 2005

Hi there,

When importing a text file using SQL Server, how do I specify the path
to a file on the same remote server that SQL Server is running on? I
tried //c:/filename but that doesn't seem to work.

Also, once the import is working, how do I write a DTS package to
first delete all rows in a table, then repopulate with the text file,
or is it easier to drop the table, re-create it and then repopulate?
The table will contain approximately 30,000 records.

thanks for your help,
K

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