Quick and Dirty CSV import to SQL Server

You can use LogParser (a free, unsupported utility from Microsoft) to quickly import a CSV file into a SQL Server table using syntax like this:

logparser “SELECT * INTO MyTable FROM d:\MyFile.csv” -i:csv -o:SQL -server:MyServer -database:MyDatabase -createTable:ON

There are many other uses for LogParser.  Two of the most common are analyzing Windows Event Logs and IIS logs. 

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