Upsert data from TXT (semicolon delimited text) file to Access

Want to upsert data from TXT (“;” semicolon delimited text) file to Access ?

Upsert: inserts rows into a table if they do not already exist, or updates them if they do.

Using File To DB, a native GUI tool, you can upsert data from TXT (“;” semicolon delimited text) file to Access easily and fast, no need to program, just a few mouse clicks!

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Upsert data from TXT (“;” semicolon delimited text) file to Access

Choose Access and logon.

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

Select the “TXT” file type.

then show the wizard.

1. Open a TXT (“;” semicolon delimited text) file.

2. Select a table and config fields.

Set “Load Type” to “Upsert”, choice “By Key”.

3. Preview data.

4. Upsert TXT data to Access .

View upserted data

You can schedule and automate this converting task by:

1) Save session and create .bat file.

2) Set scheduled task.

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TXT → Access reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in TXT	in Access
Int	1234, or right-aligned in a fixed-width column	Long Integer
Bigint	9007199254740993	Long Integer
Decimal	1234.56	Decimal
Float	1.234e+10	Double
Text	written as-is; padding depends on the chosen layout	Text(n)
Long text	written as-is	Long Text
Date	whatever the writer chose	Date/Time
Binary	not representable	OLE Object
Boolean	Y / N, or 1 / 0, or TRUE / FALSE	Yes/No

Dialect differences

TXT is a file format and Access is a database server, so the target has to be told the types the file never carried - the rows below are where the two sides diverge.

Property	in TXT	in Access
port	—	(file-based)
identifiers	None by convention	[square brackets]
row limit	—	SELECT TOP n
dates	Whatever the writer produced; no convention is guaranteed	Date/Time
long text	—	MEMO
binary	Not supported	OLE Object
separator	Whatever was chosen - often fixed column widths	—
encoding	No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM	—
typing	None - every field is text	—
shape	Free form; a parser has to be told the layout	Tables of rows and columns
ceiling	No formal limit	—

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