Convert text file to access mdb

J

jj

I have this comma delimited text file. I want to convert it in one sweep to
an access DB (mdb) format. I used the following code but it takes forever to
convert. Is there a faster way?

string strConn = @"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" +
strAppPath + "\\mydb.mdb";


OleDbConnection conn = new OleDbConnection(strConn);
conn.Open();
OleDbCommand cmd = new OleDbCommand();
cmd = new OleDbCommand("INSERT INTO mytable Select * from [Text;DATABASE="
+ strAppPath + ";].[mytextdata.txt]",conn );
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
conn.Close();

Any help is greatly appreicated and thank you in advance.
 
J

John Nurick

I'd expect DAO to be faster than OLEDB, if it's available in your
environment. This is VBScript but shows what's involved. Note the
slightly different syntax for the text file data source.

Dim oJet 'As DAO.DBEngine
Dim oDB 'As DAO.Database
Dim strSQL 'As String

Const DB_NAME = "C:\Temp\Test 2003.mdb"
Const TBL_NAME = "My_Table"
Const DATA_SOURCE = "[Text;HDR=Yes;Database=C:\Temp\;].B1#txt"

Set oJet = CreateObject("DAO.DBEngine.36")
Set oDB = oJet.OpenDatabase(DB_NAME)

strSQL = "INSERT INTO " & TBL_NAME _
& " SELECT * FROM " & DATA_SOURCE & ";"

oDB.Execute strSQL

oDB.Close




I have this comma delimited text file. I want to convert it in one sweep to
an access DB (mdb) format. I used the following code but it takes forever to
convert. Is there a faster way?

string strConn = @"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" +
strAppPath + "\\mydb.mdb";


OleDbConnection conn = new OleDbConnection(strConn);
conn.Open();
OleDbCommand cmd = new OleDbCommand();
cmd = new OleDbCommand("INSERT INTO mytable Select * from [Text;DATABASE="
+ strAppPath + ";].[mytextdata.txt]",conn );
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
conn.Close();

Any help is greatly appreicated and thank you in advance.
 

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