SqlBulkCopyColumnOrderHint.SortOrder Property

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.Data.SqlClient

Assembly:

Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.dll

Package:

Microsoft.Data.SqlClient v5.2.0

The sort order of the destination column in the destination table.

public:
 property Microsoft::Data::SqlClient::SortOrder SortOrder { Microsoft::Data::SqlClient::SortOrder get(); void set(Microsoft::Data::SqlClient::SortOrder value); };

public Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SortOrder SortOrder { get; set; }

member this.SortOrder : Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SortOrder with get, set

Public Property SortOrder As SortOrder

Property Value

SortOrder

The SortOrder value of the SortOrder property.

Exceptions

ArgumentException

The sort order cannot be unspecified for a column order hint.

Examples

The following example bulk copies data from a source table in the AdventureWorks sample database to a destination table in the same database. A SqlBulkCopyColumnOrderHint object is used to define the sort order for the ProductNumber destination column.

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;
using System.Data;
using Microsoft.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();

            // Set up the bulk copy object.
            using (SqlBulkCopy bulkCopy =
                       new SqlBulkCopy(connectionString))
            {
                bulkCopy.DestinationTableName =
                    "dbo.BulkCopyDemoMatchingColumns";

                // Setup an order hint for the ProductNumber column.
                SqlBulkCopyColumnOrderHint hintNumber =
                    new SqlBulkCopyColumnOrderHint("ProductNumber", SortOrder.Ascending);
                hintNumber.SortOrder = SortOrder.Descending;
                bulkCopy.ColumnOrderHints.Add(hintNumber);

                // Write from the source to the destination.
                try
                {
                    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;";
    }
}

Remarks

An ArgumentException will be thrown if a SortOrder of Unspecified is given.