Upsert data from CSV to SQL Server table via command line on MacOS

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Want to upsert data from CSV file to existing SQL Server table via command line on MacOS?

Using mssql-cmd, a Command-Line client for SQL Server, you can upsert(merge) CSV/TSV/TXT data to SQL Server table easily and fast.

Support Windows, Linux, and MacOS.

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No need to install SQL Server client library.

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Upsert/Merge CSV/TSV/TXT data into SQL Server table via command line on MacOS

1. In interactive mode:

mssql-cmd> load loadtype=upsert
      > updatekey=id
      > table=media_messages 
      > datafile=/Users/pan/Documents/media_messages.csv 
      > delimiter=, 
      > quote=" 
      > header=y;

2. In batch mode:

mssql-cmd dsn="pan:withdata@192.168.0.102/test" task=load loadtype=upsert updatekey=id table=media_messages datafile=/Users/pan/Documents/media_messages.csv delimiter=, quote=" header=y quit=y

“loadtype=upsert” will update row in table if “updatekey” id exists, or insert new row.

See parameters detail.

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