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Asked: 2026-05-23T10:13:58+00:00

Although CSV files optionally contain column headers to define what columns are within the

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Although CSV files optionally contain column headers to define what columns are within the file, I am interested in knowing if there is a standard or common approach for defining the expected data types.

I guess I am looking for something that is akin to an xsd file that defines the data within an xml file (I don’t really know much about this subject either.)

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  1. Editorial Team

    I was looking into the SQL Server BCP utility. This GUI front end for the utility suggests that the tools uses a format file to define the contents of the output file.–at least, that’s the impression that I get. I haven’t looked into it much yet, but this looks like something like what I was looking for…

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    USE [PandaVisa2011]
    GO

    /****** Object: Table [dbo].[Shipper] Script Date: 06/27/2011 22:05:31 ******/
    SET ANSI_NULLS ON
    GO

    CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Shipper](
    [ShipperId] [int] NOT NULL,
    [Name] [varchar](50) NOT NULL,
    [ShortName] [varchar](30) NULL) ON [PRIMARY

    ]

    10.0
3
1       SQLCHAR             0       12      ","        1     ShipperId              ""
2       SQLCHAR             0       50      ","        2     Name                   SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
3       SQLCHAR             0       30      "\r\r\n"   3     ShortName              SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
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