Whats wrong with this SQL statement for table variable bulk insert

Question

I'm trying to insert a CSV into a Temporary table and this SQL statement doesn't seem to work.

DECLARE @TempTable TABLE (FName nvarchar(max),SName nvarchar(max),
                          Email nvarchar(max));
BULK INSERT @TempTable 
FROM 'C:\52BB30AD694A62A03E.csv' 
WITH (FIELDTERMINATOR = ',',ROWTERMINATOR = '\n')

Getting the following error....

Incorrect syntax near '@TempTable'.

Answer 1

You cannot BULK INSERT into a table variable. So this line:

BULK INSERT @TempTable 

Is what is causing the error.

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FYI, the simplest fix for this is probably just to use a #Temp table instead of a Table Variable. So your SQL code would change to this:

CREATE TABLE #TempTable (FName nvarchar(max),SName nvarchar(max),
                          Email nvarchar(max));
BULK INSERT #TempTable 
FROM 'C:\52BB30AD694A62A03E.csv' 
WITH (FIELDTERMINATOR = ',',ROWTERMINATOR = '\n')