Skipped errored rows in bulk insert

Question

Is there a way to do a bulk insert in Sql Server where rows with errors are skipped rather than the whole process failing? I don't mean just keeping those rows inserted prior to the error; I mean inserting all rows that aren't errored.

Answer 1

If you use SSIS, you can redirect the Error Output of the Destination to a garbage Script Component or a flat file. I often do that so I can then examine the rows that went awry.

Additionally, if you're using BULK INSERT, then you can use the MAX_ERRORS (setting it to a very high value) and ERROR_FILE parameters to specify how to handle errors effectively.