Is there a way to import Blob files into sql server 2008 other than using CLR ?
The file size is around 300MB so CLR isn't efficient enough. Is there a possibility to use BULK INSERT
or OPENROWSET
in 2008 server?
Example in Sql Server 2017 we can do this
CREATE DATABASE SCOPED CREDENTIAL AzureDevBlobImportCred
WITH IDENTITY = 'SHARED ACCESS SIGNATURE',
SECRET = 'st=2018-12-05T.....'
go
CREATE EXTERNAL DATA SOURCE AzureDevBlobImportExternalSrc
WITH (
TYPE = BLOB_STORAGE,
LOCATION = 'https://myStorageAccount.blob.core.windows.net', -- storage account URL
CREDENTIAL = AzureDevBlobImportCred -- External Data Source
);
then we can use the external data source in bulk import
BULK INSERT #Mytemptable
FROM 'filename'
WITH (DATA_SOURCE = 'AzureDevBlobImportExternalSrc'
);
So do we have something like above to import blob files in Sql Server 2008 ?
Look at the document:BULK INSERT (Transact-SQL).
SQL Server 2008 supports BULK INSERT
: starting with 2008.
So you can use BULK INSERT
in SQL Server 2008.
But if you data_file is in Azure blob storage, your SQL Server version must begin with SQL Server 2017 (14.x) CTP1.1. The same with OPENROWSET
.
It means that you could not import Blob files into SQL Server 2008 with BULK INSERT
or OPENROWSET
.
Hope this helps.