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Asked: 2026-05-17T00:22:23+00:00

I am trying to insert a .csv file into SQL Server 2008 R2. The

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I am trying to insert a .csv file into SQL Server 2008 R2.

The .csv is 300+MB from http://ipinfodb.com/ip_database.php Complete
(City), 4.0M records.

Here’re the top 5 lines, with 1st line = column headers:

"ip_start";"country_code";"country_name";"region_code";"region_name";"city";"zipcode";"latitude";"longitude";"metrocode"
"0";"RD";"Reserved";;;;;"0";"0";
"16777216";"AU";"Australia";;;;;"-27";"133";
"17367040";"MY";"Malaysia";;;;;"2.5";"112.5";
"17435136";"AU";"Australia";;;;;"-27";"133";

I tried Import and Export Data, and BULK INSERT, but haven’t been able to import them correctly yet.

Shall I resort to use bcp? can it handle stripping the ""? how?

Thank you very much.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Got it, forgot to set Text Qualifier as ":

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