The BULK INSERT command in Structured Query Language (SQL) is used to import large amount of data from a BCP-formatted text file into SQL Server. After using BULK INSERT command, there is no need for the user to invoke Bulk Copy Program (BCP) externally. However, there are possibilities of database corruption when a user executes the BULK INSERT command. In such circumstances, the user needs to use efficient SQL Recovery Software.
As a practical example, when a user executes a BULK INSERT command to import data in Microsoft SQL Server 2000, database corruption occurs. The user also receives the below error message:
“Server: Msg 823, Level 24, State 2, Procedure gfspTMAppendText, Line 20 I/O error (bad page ID) detected during read at offset 0×0000000024e000 in file ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\data\REPRO.mdf’.”
The two main reasons for database corruption are:
- The user used the Bulk Insert command together with the FIRE_TRIGGERS option.
- The user imports a table that has an after trigger, and the trigger updates a text column of another table.
Once the database has been corrupted, the data saved in database becomes inaccessible. To recover the lost data easily and systematically, the user needs to use a third party application named sql repair software. This utility provides complete SQL database Recovery by incorporating advanced scanning algorithms.
Stellar Information Systems Limited provides the finest SQL Recovery software. Stellar Phoenix SQL Recovery is a high end application, which recovers and repair sql database components such as tables, queries, stored procedures etc. This SQL Recovery Software supports MS SQL Server 2005 and MS SQL Server 2000. The procedure to recover the data involves selecting the corrupt SQL database file, scanning the file and then restoring it to the preferred location. This SQL Repair application also recovers the backup files of MS SQL Server.