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Posted - 2005-09-30 : 07:30:19
Roisin writes "Can you use Bulk insert - either bcp, bulk insert sql or the dts task, to quickly load data from one table to another?
I have to move 1,000,000 records into a temp table, and it's taking up to 5 mins to do - it needs to be quicker.

Thanks
Roisin"

madhivanan
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Posted - 2005-09-30 : 07:32:37
Did you try this?

Insert into Table1(columns) Select columns from Table2

Madhivanan

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