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I have a fixed length text file, except some of the lines end early, with a carriage return/line feed. I’m using a .fmt file.
Q: How do I tell SQL Server to use an empty string for the fields that are unaccounted for?
I should probably ask my client to pad his text file, but it would be easier to just process it with the lines that are terminated early.
You should write a pre-processor to condition the text file before doing the bulk insert.