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

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

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.

Download mssql-cmd Windows version
mssql-cmd.windows-386.zip
mssql-cmd.windows-amd64.zip

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 Windows

1. In interactive mode:

mssql-cmd> load loadtype=upsert
      > updatekey=id
      > table=media_messages 
      > datafile=f:\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=f:\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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