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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>I have been loading gigs and gigs of data into our SQL
Server for the past month.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>The process is fairly time consuming:</span></font></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Import a 16 GB text file into a 1 field SQL table</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Run a sproc to separate records into 7 different
tables based on record layout</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Export each of the 7 tables from SQL to text</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Import each of the 7 text files into linked SQL tables
using Access import specs.</span></font></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>I need to do this for almost 70 16 GB text files. Each
file takes about a day to fully load.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Is there a way to expedite this process? I am really
looking for a way to save an import spec in Enterprise Mgr.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>That way, I can omit using Access and run the whole process
as a SQL job, with very minimal human interaction.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Any direction is greatly appreciated.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Thanks,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Mark Boyd</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Sr. Systems Analyst</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>McBee Associates, Inc.</span></font></p>
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