Import data from TSV file to SQL Server without programming

Want to import data from TSV file to SQL Server ?

Using FileToDB, a native GUI tool, you can import data from TSV file to SQL Server easily and fast.

Step by step, just a few mouse clicks.
Avoid uploading big TSV file(s) to online services.
Support large TSV files (big than 4GB).

Support Windows, Linux, macOS.

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Here’s how to.

Example
Import
Save/load session
Run in command line
Run as scheduled task

Example of importing TSV to SQL Server

Example source TSV file

Import Data From TSV File To SQL Server - source TSV file

After converting, data in SQL Server table

Import Data From TSV File To SQL Server - view data

Import data from TSV file to SQL Server

Choose SQL Server and logon.

load TSV data to SQL Server table - Choose SQL Server and logon

Click “Wizard – 1 File To 1 Table” at task dialog.

import TSV data to SQL Server table - task window

Select the “TSV” file type.

Import TSV file data to SQL Server table - select file type

then show the wizard.

1. Open a TSV file.

Import Data From TSV File To SQL Server - open TSV file

Support multiple TSV file encodings: ANSI, UTF-8, UTF-8BOM, UCS-2LE (Unicode Little Endian), UCS-2BE (Unicode Big Endian), CP1250 (Central European), CP1251 (Cyrillic), CP1252 (Western European), CP1253 (Greek), CP1254 (Turkish ), CP1255 (Hebrew), CP1256 (Arabic), CP1257 (Baltic), CP1258 (Vietnamese), CP437 (United States), CP850 (Western European), CP852 (Central European), CP866 (Cyrillic), CP874 (Thai), CP932 (Japanese), CP936 (Chinese Simplified), CP949 (Korean), CP950 (Chinese Traditional), ISO-8859-1 (Western European), ISO-8859-2 (Central European), ISO-8859-15 (Latin 9), KOI-8 (Cyrillic), Macintosh (Western European).

2. Select a SQL Server table and config fields.

Load Data From TSV File To SQL Server - select table

3. Preview data.

Transfer Data From TSV File To SQL Server - preview

4. Import TSV data to SQL Server.

Import Data From TSV File To SQL Server - import data

View imported data in SQL Server table

Load Data From TSV File To SQL Server - view data

Save/load session of importing TSV to SQL Server

You can save/load session to run “TSV to SQL Server” conversion repeatly.

1.Save Session.

Click “Save Session” button, then enter a session file name.

TSV to SQL Server - save session

click “OK” button.

2.Load Session.

Click the “Open a Saved Session” in task window, select a session file.

TSV to SQL Server - load session

then show the wizard form, click a few “Next” to import TSV to SQL Server.

TSV to SQL Server - start session

Run in command line for importing TSV to SQL Server

You can run “TSV to SQL Server” conversion in command line.

When you save session, you can click “Save & Make Batch File”.

TSV to SQL Server - save session

The “Save & Make Batch File” form shows.

TSV to SQL Server - create batch file

Click “OK” button, you’ll create a batch file, in Windows, like this:

C:
cd "C:\Users\pansh\AppData\Local\Programs\FileToDB"
FileToDB task="C:\Users\pansh\Documents\test.ldr" logfile="C:\Users\pansh\Documents\test.log"

You can run this batch file in command line.

Run as scheduled task for importing TSV to SQL Server

You can run “TSV to SQL Server” conversion automatically at specific time.

On Linux/macOS, you can use Crontab.

For macOS, How to Fix Cron Permission Issues in macOS.

On Windows, in “Save & Make Batch File” form, you can click “Create & Schedule Task” to set a scheduled task.

TSV to SQL Server - create batch file

And then, with scheduled task wizard, step by step.

TSV to SQL Server - scheduled task application

TSV to SQL Server - scheduled task name

TSV to SQL Server - scheduled task time

TSV to SQL Server - scheduled task user

TSV to SQL Server - scheduled task information

You’ll see created task listed in scheduled task list.

scheduled task list

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