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Asked: 2026-05-10T18:05:12+00:00

If I run the following query in SQL Server 2000 Query Analyzer: BULK INSERT

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If I run the following query in SQL Server 2000 Query Analyzer:

BULK INSERT  OurTable  FROM 'c:\OurTable.txt'  WITH (CODEPAGE = 'RAW', DATAFILETYPE = 'char', FIELDTERMINATOR = '\t', ROWS_PER_BATCH = 10000, TABLOCK)

On a text file that conforms to OurTable’s schema for 40 lines, but then changes format for the last 20 lines (lets say the last 20 lines have fewer fields), I receive an error. However, the first 40 lines are committed to the table. Is there something about the way I’m calling Bulk Insert that makes it not be transactional, or do I need to do something explicit to force it to rollback on failure?

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  1. BULK INSERT acts as a series of individual INSERT statements and thus, if the job fails, it doesn’t roll back all of the committed inserts.

    It can, however, be placed within a transaction so you could do something like this:

    BEGIN TRANSACTION BEGIN TRY BULK INSERT  OurTable  FROM 'c:\OurTable.txt'  WITH (CODEPAGE = 'RAW', DATAFILETYPE = 'char', FIELDTERMINATOR = '\t',     ROWS_PER_BATCH = 10000, TABLOCK) COMMIT TRANSACTION END TRY BEGIN CATCH ROLLBACK TRANSACTION END CATCH
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