SQL Bulk Insert is not a new technology. In fact, I've used it since SQL Server 6.5., when it was a very cumbersome implementation from Microsoft that required a great deal of preparation of the Bulk ...

I'm afraid your going to have to name the columns to in your select statement. You can use Query Analyzer to generate the SELECT statement and just edit out the identity column to help save some time.

How to Check for Duplicates Before Inserting Into SQL. When you insert new records into an SQL database, you may run into issues where you accidentally overwrite records that are already present ...