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Hi,

I am trying to use BULK INSERT with format file. All of our data has
few bytes of header in the data file which I would like to skip before
doing BULK INSERT.

Is it possible to write format file to skip these few bytes of
header before doing BULK INSERT? For example, I have a 1 GB data file
with 1000 byte header. Except for first 1000 bytes, rest of the data is
good for BULK INSERT.

Thanks in advance. Sorry if it is really a dumb question as I am new
to BULK INSERT and practicing still.

Bob

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