How to use bcp in on a table with an indexed view in SQL Server
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I'm using SQL Server 2017 and want to use "bcp in" in a script to populate tables in several databases. I am unable to import data into a table that has an indexed view. The following is an MCVE that reproduces my problem:
1. Run the script at the end of this post to populate a test database with two tables, an indexed view and some data.
2. Run **bcp out** to export the test data from the table Table1 to a file:
bcp [dbo].[Table1] out .\Table1.bcp -S "localhost" -d TestDB -T -k -N
3. Delete the test data from Table1:
DELETE FROM [dbo].[Table1]
4. Attempt to import data into Table1 using **bcp in**:
bcp [dbo].[Table1] in .\Table1.bcp -S "localhost" -d TestDB -T -k -N
Result: fails with an error message INSERT failed because the following SET options have incorrect settings: 'QUOTED_IDENTIFIER'...
*Note: if I drop the index [ix_v1] on the view, this will succeed: the problem only occurs if the table is referenced by an **indexed** view.*
4. Attempt to import data into Table1 using **bcp in** with the -q switch:
bcp [dbo].[Table1] in .\Table1.bcp -S "localhost" -d TestDB -T -k -N -q
Result: fails with an error message Invalid object name '[dbo].[Table1]'
5. Attempt to import data into Table1 by specifying the table name without [] delimiters, and with the -q switch:
bcp dbo.Table1 in .\Table1.bcp -S ".\SqlExpress17" -d TestDB2 -T -k -N -q
Result: the data is successfully imported. However this does not meet my requirements, because I want a generic script that will also work with table names that require delimiters (e.g. [dbo].[My Table]
).
Question: Is there a way to use bcp to import data into a table with an indexed view, while specifying a delimited, schema-qualified table name on the bcp command line?
**Script to populate an empty database TestDB**
USE [TestDB]
GO
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Table1](
[Table1Id] [int] NOT NULL,
[Table1Name] [nvarchar](50) NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT [PK_Table1] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED ( [Table1Id] ASC)
)
GO
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Table2](
[Table2Id] [int] NOT NULL,
[Table2Name] [nvarchar](50) NOT NULL,
[Table1Id] [int] NULL,
CONSTRAINT [PK_Table2] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED ( [Table2Id] ASC)
)
GO
CREATE VIEW [dbo].[v1] WITH SCHEMABINDING
AS
SELECT
T1.Table1Id, T1.Table1Name,
T2.Table2Id, T2.Table2Name
FROM [dbo].[Table1] T1 INNER JOIN [dbo].[Table2] T2
ON T1.Table1Id = T2.Table1Id
GO
CREATE UNIQUE CLUSTERED INDEX [ix_v1] ON [dbo].[v1] (Table1Name, Table2Name)
GO
INSERT INTO Table1
VALUES
(1, 'One')
,(2,'Two')
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