SqlBulkCopy.DestinationTableName Property
Definition
Important
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Name of the destination table on the server.
public:
property System::String ^ DestinationTableName { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };public string DestinationTableName { get; set; }member this.DestinationTableName : string with get, setPublic Property DestinationTableName As StringProperty Value
The string value of the DestinationTableName property, or null if none as been supplied.
Examples
The following console application demonstrates how to bulk load data using a connection that is already open. The destination table is a table in the AdventureWorks database.
In this example, the connection is first used to read data from a SQL Server table to a SqlDataReader instance. The source data does not have to be located on SQL Server; you can use any data source that can be read to an IDataReader or loaded to a DataTable.
Important
This sample will not run unless you have created the work tables as described in Bulk Copy Example Setup. This code is provided to demonstrate the syntax for using SqlBulkCopy only. If the source and destination tables are in the same SQL Server instance, it is easier and faster to use a Transact-SQL INSERT ... SELECT statement to copy the data.
using System.Data.SqlClient;
class Program
{
static void Main()
{
string connectionString = GetConnectionString();
// Open a sourceConnection to the AdventureWorks database.
using (SqlConnection sourceConnection =
new SqlConnection(connectionString))
{
sourceConnection.Open();
// Perform an initial count on the destination table.
SqlCommand commandRowCount = new SqlCommand(
"SELECT COUNT(*) FROM " +
"dbo.BulkCopyDemoMatchingColumns;",
sourceConnection);
long countStart = System.Convert.ToInt32(
commandRowCount.ExecuteScalar());
Console.WriteLine("Starting row count = {0}", countStart);
// Get data from the source table as a SqlDataReader.
SqlCommand commandSourceData = new SqlCommand(
"SELECT ProductID, Name, " +
"ProductNumber " +
"FROM Production.Product;", sourceConnection);
SqlDataReader reader =
commandSourceData.ExecuteReader();
// Open the destination connection. In the real world you would
// not use SqlBulkCopy to move data from one table to the other
// in the same database. This is for demonstration purposes only.
using (SqlConnection destinationConnection =
new SqlConnection(connectionString))
{
destinationConnection.Open();
// Set up the bulk copy object.
// Note that the column positions in the source
// data reader match the column positions in
// the destination table so there is no need to
// map columns.
using (SqlBulkCopy bulkCopy =
new SqlBulkCopy(destinationConnection))
{
bulkCopy.DestinationTableName =
"dbo.BulkCopyDemoMatchingColumns";
try
{
// Write from the source to the destination.
bulkCopy.WriteToServer(reader);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
}
finally
{
// Close the SqlDataReader. The SqlBulkCopy
// object is automatically closed at the end
// of the using block.
reader.Close();
}
}
// Perform a final count on the destination
// table to see how many rows were added.
long countEnd = System.Convert.ToInt32(
commandRowCount.ExecuteScalar());
Console.WriteLine("Ending row count = {0}", countEnd);
Console.WriteLine("{0} rows were added.", countEnd - countStart);
Console.WriteLine("Press Enter to finish.");
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}
private static string GetConnectionString()
// To avoid storing the sourceConnection string in your code,
// you can retrieve it from a configuration file.
{
return "Data Source=(local); " +
" Integrated Security=true;" +
"Initial Catalog=AdventureWorks;";
}
}
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Module Module1
Sub Main()
Dim connectionString As String = GetConnectionString()
' Open a connection to the AdventureWorks database.
Using sourceConnection As SqlConnection = _
New SqlConnection(connectionString)
sourceConnection.Open()
' Perform an initial count on the destination table.
Dim commandRowCount As New SqlCommand( _
"SELECT COUNT(*) FROM dbo.BulkCopyDemoMatchingColumns;", _
sourceConnection)
Dim countStart As Long = _
System.Convert.ToInt32(commandRowCount.ExecuteScalar())
Console.WriteLine("Starting row count = {0}", countStart)
' Get data from the source table as a SqlDataReader.
Dim commandSourceData As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand( _
"SELECT ProductID, Name, ProductNumber " & _
"FROM Production.Product;", sourceConnection)
Dim reader As SqlDataReader = commandSourceData.ExecuteReader
' Open the destination connection. In the real world you would
' not use SqlBulkCopy to move data from one table to the other
' in the same database. This is for demonstration purposes only.
Using destinationConnection As SqlConnection = _
New SqlConnection(connectionString)
destinationConnection.Open()
' Set up the bulk copy object.
' The column positions in the source data reader
' match the column positions in the destination table,
' so there is no need to map columns.
Using bulkCopy As SqlBulkCopy = _
New SqlBulkCopy(destinationConnection)
bulkCopy.DestinationTableName = _
"dbo.BulkCopyDemoMatchingColumns"
Try
' Write from the source to the destination.
bulkCopy.WriteToServer(reader)
Catch ex As Exception
Console.WriteLine(ex.Message)
Finally
' Close the SqlDataReader. The SqlBulkCopy
' object is automatically closed at the end
' of the Using block.
reader.Close()
End Try
End Using
' Perform a final count on the destination table
' to see how many rows were added.
Dim countEnd As Long = _
System.Convert.ToInt32(commandRowCount.ExecuteScalar())
Console.WriteLine("Ending row count = {0}", countEnd)
Console.WriteLine("{0} rows were added.", countEnd - countStart)
Console.WriteLine("Press Enter to finish.")
Console.ReadLine()
End Using
End Using
End Sub
Private Function GetConnectionString() As String
' To avoid storing the sourceConnection string in your code,
' you can retrieve it from a configuration file.
Return "Data Source=(local);" & _
"Integrated Security=true;" & _
"Initial Catalog=AdventureWorks;"
End Function
End Module
Remarks
If DestinationTableName has not been set when WriteToServer is called, an ArgumentNullException is thrown.
If DestinationTableName is modified while a WriteToServer operation is running, the change does not affect the current operation. The new DestinationTableName value is used the next time a WriteToServer method is called.
DestinationTableName is a three-part name (<database>.<owningschema>.<name>). You can qualify the table name with its database and owning schema if you choose. However, if the table name uses an underscore ("_") or any other special characters, you must escape the name using surrounding brackets as in ([<database>.<owningschema>.<name_01>]). For more information, see Database Identifiers.
You can bulk-copy data to a temporary table by using a value such as tempdb..#table or tempdb.<owner>.#table for the DestinationTableName property.
