Now that you’ve automated the fetching of your flat file via FTP, the next step is to automatically import that file into SQL Server. To do this, we’ll use an SQL Server Agent Job.

Launch Base, the database component of OpenOffice.org. Click "Connect to an existing database." Click on the list box and select the "Spreadsheet" option. Click the "Next" button. Click "Browse ...

A more recent feature in Dropbase is a new tool called Dropmail, which enables users to email a .csv file to turn it into a SQL database.

Microsoft's SQL Server software, used in thousands of businesses ranging from storefront operations to multinational companies, has capabilities to bulk-insert Comma Separated Value files into a ...