Update SQL Server table through CSV via command line on Windows

Want to import CSV to update rows in SQL Server table via command line on Windows?

Using mssql-cmd, you can import CSV/TSV/TXT data to update existing SQL Server table easily and fast, no need to program.

Here you can download mssql-cmd Windows version.

No need to install SQL Server client library.

Convenient to deploy to cloud. No need to run installation file, just uncompress and run, immediately.

Update SQL Server table through CSV/TSV/TXT file via command line on Windows

1. In interactive mode:

mssql-cmd> load loadtype=update
      > 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=update updatekey=id table=media_messages datafile=f:\media_messages.csv delimiter=, quote=" header=y quit=y

“loadtype=update” will update row in table by “updatekey” id, not insert.

See parameters detail.

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