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Asked: 2026-06-09T16:44:04+00:00

During a bulk insert from a csv file a row in the file has

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During a bulk insert from a csv file a row in the file has 00000100008 value, both source (from which csv file is created) and the destination temptable has same field (char(11)).

When I try to insert I got the following error:

Bulk load data conversion error (truncation) for row 1, column 1 (fieldname)

If I remove the leading 0s and change this value to 100008 in csv file and then bulk insert, the destination table temptable shows '++ 100008 as inserted value. Why is that? How I can cope with value without leading double plus signs?

Here is the script:

BULK
INSERT temptable
FROM 'c:\TestFile.csv'
WITH
(
    FIELDTERMINATOR = ',',
    ROWTERMINATOR = '\n'
)
GO

Edit: Some sample records from csv file.

100008,111122223333,Mr,ForeName1,SurName1,1 Test Lane,London,NULL,NULL,NULL,wd25 123,test@email.com.com,NULL
322,910315715845,Ms,G,Dally,17 Elsie Street,NULL,NULL,GOOLE,NULL,DN146DU,test1@email1.com,
323,910517288401,Mrs,G,Tom,2 White Mead,NULL,NULL,YEOVIL,NULL,BA213RS,test3@tmail2.com,
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  1. Editorial Team

    My first thought is that the file was saved on a Unix system and that you may have incompatibilities with the different style line breaks.
    My first advice would be to analyze the text file using a hex editor to try to determine what character is getting put there.

    ++ 100008 basically means – Row format is inconsistent with page header. To solve this problem Run dbcc checktable.

    I hope that this is going to help you.

    Regards,

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