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Asked: May 13, 20262026-05-13T11:02:08+00:00 2026-05-13T11:02:08+00:00

I have a SP reading a .txt file from File System and using Bulk

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I have a SP reading a .txt file from File System and using Bulk Insert. I just wanna make sure if file exists before executing bulk insert command. How do i do that?

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    2026-05-13T11:02:08+00:00Added an answer on May 13, 2026 at 11:02 am

    try

    xp_fileExist ' <file Name> '
    

    The above returns a result set. If you want just a variable, use

    declare @FileOK  INT
    
    exec xp_fileExist 'c:\autoexec.bat' ,@FileOK OUTPUT
    
    Print @FileOK
    
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