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Asked: 2026-05-11T08:07:33+00:00

The site I’m working on is running Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 8

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The site I’m working on is running Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 8 (2000?), and ASP.NET 3.5.

I need to have some sort of script or application run to import data from an FTP’d text file, into the database. There is already a site running on the machine, that uses the current database. Can I use a scheduled task to reliably kick off some sort of .aspx page that will import the data? Or is there a better approach?

What about making sure that no one else can access the page that runs the import? I don’t want random users running the import!

Thanks in advance!

P.S. some processing needs to occur on the data before its inserted. i.e. lookups, conditionals, etc, so the DB tools aren’t robust enough (I think). I hate DTS, and I SSIS is not available in this version I think.

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  1. DTS and stored procedures in a job.

    BCP and stored procedures in a job.

    You say you need to do alot of lookups and conversions? SQL is good at that – and good at doing it fast. It can seem a little intimidating at first, but it’s not hard.

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