SqlBulkCopyColumnMappingCollection Class

Definition

public ref class SqlBulkCopyColumnMappingCollection sealed : System::Collections::CollectionBase

public sealed class SqlBulkCopyColumnMappingCollection : System.Collections.CollectionBase

type SqlBulkCopyColumnMappingCollection = class
    inherit CollectionBase

Public NotInheritable Class SqlBulkCopyColumnMappingCollection
Inherits CollectionBase

Inheritance

CollectionBase

SqlBulkCopyColumnMappingCollection

Examples

The following example bulk copies data from a source table in the AdventureWorks sample database to a destination table in the same database. Although the number of columns in the destination matches the number of columns in the source, the column names and ordinal positions do not match. SqlBulkCopyColumnMapping are added to the SqlBulkCopyColumnMappingCollection for the SqlBulkCopy object to create a column map for the bulk copy.

using System;
using System.Data;
using Microsoft.Data.SqlClient;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        string connectionString = GetConnectionString();
        // Open a sourceConnection to the AdventureWorks database.
        using (SqlConnection sourceConnection =
                   new SqlConnection(connectionString))
        {
            sourceConnection.Open();

            // Perform an initial count on the destination table.
            SqlCommand commandRowCount = new SqlCommand(
                "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM " +
                "dbo.BulkCopyDemoDifferentColumns;",
                sourceConnection);
            long countStart = System.Convert.ToInt32(
                commandRowCount.ExecuteScalar());
            Console.WriteLine("Starting row count = {0}", countStart);

            // Get data from the source table as a SqlDataReader.
            SqlCommand commandSourceData = new SqlCommand(
                "SELECT ProductID, Name, " +
                "ProductNumber " +
                "FROM Production.Product;", sourceConnection);
            SqlDataReader reader =
                commandSourceData.ExecuteReader();

            // Set up the bulk copy object. 
            using (SqlBulkCopy bulkCopy =
                       new SqlBulkCopy(connectionString))
            {
                bulkCopy.DestinationTableName =
                    "dbo.BulkCopyDemoDifferentColumns";

                // The column order in the source doesn't match the order 
                // in the destination, so ColumnMappings must be defined.
                bulkCopy.ColumnMappings.Add("ProductID", "ProdID");
                bulkCopy.ColumnMappings.Add("Name", "ProdName");
                bulkCopy.ColumnMappings.Add("ProductNumber", "ProdNum");

                // Write from the source to the destination.
                try
                {
                    bulkCopy.WriteToServer(reader);
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
                }
                finally
                {
                    // Close the SqlDataReader. The SqlBulkCopy
                    // object is automatically closed at the end
                    // of the using block.
                    reader.Close();
                }
            }

            // Perform a final count on the destination 
            // table to see how many rows were added.
            long countEnd = System.Convert.ToInt32(
                commandRowCount.ExecuteScalar());
            Console.WriteLine("Ending row count = {0}", countEnd);
            Console.WriteLine("{0} rows were added.", countEnd - countStart);
            Console.WriteLine("Press Enter to finish.");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }

    private static string GetConnectionString()
    // To avoid storing the sourceConnection string in your code, 
    // you can retrieve it from a configuration file. 
    {
        return "Data Source=(local); " +
            " Integrated Security=true;" +
            "Initial Catalog=AdventureWorks;";
    }
}

Remarks

Column mappings define the mapping between data source and the target table.

If mappings are not defined - that is, the ColumnMappings collection is empty - the columns are mapped implicitly based on ordinal position. For this to work, source and target schemas must match. If they do not, an InvalidOperationException is thrown.

If the ColumnMappings collection is not empty, not every column present in the data source has to be specified. Those not mapped by the collection are ignored.

You can refer to source and target columns by either name or ordinal. You can mix by-name and by-ordinal column references in the same mappings collection.

Properties

Methods

Applies to