How to implement SQL Bulk Copy in SQL Server OR Bulk insert into SQL Server using SQL BulkCopy

SqlBulkCopy for insert multiple rows of data into table in SQL Server

Sometimes we need to insert bulk amount of data into a table in SQL. We can insert bulk data to SQL in different methods. Here we are going to demonstrate how to insert large amount of data using SQL Bulk Copy method.

Example of SQL BulkCopy method

Here we are going to insert multiple rows of sample data into Employee table. First of all create a table in SQL named Employee. After that  create sample data for employee table and finally this multiple rows of employee data insert into table using SQL bulk copy method.

Create a Table in SQL 

CREATE TABLE Employee
(
ID INT,
EmpName varchar(200),
Department varchar(200),
DOB DateTime
);

SQLMulkCopy Example in SQL Server

C# Code to generate sample data and insertion using SQL Bulk Copy

private void loadDataBySQLBulkCopy()
        {
            DataTable dtTblEmployee = new DataTable();
            dtTblEmployee.Columns.Add("ID", typeof(Int32));
            dtTblEmployee.Columns.Add("EmpName", typeof(String));
            dtTblEmployee.Columns.Add("Department", typeof(String));
            dtTblEmployee.Columns.Add("DOB", typeof(DateTime));

            DataRow dtrow = dtTblEmployee.NewRow(); // Create New Row
            dtrow["ID"] = 1; //Bind Data to Columns
            dtrow["EmpName"] = "Wazeem";
            dtrow["Department"] = "Admin";
            dtrow["DOB"] = "1990-10-16 12:00:00.000";
            dtTblEmployee.Rows.Add(dtrow);

            dtrow = dtTblEmployee.NewRow(); // Create New Row
            dtrow["ID"] = 2; //Bind Data to Columns
            dtrow["EmpName"] = "Aslam";
            dtrow["Department"] = "HR";
            dtrow["DOB"] = "1987-05-16 12:00:00.000";
            dtTblEmployee.Rows.Add(dtrow);

            dtrow = dtTblEmployee.NewRow(); // Create New Row
            dtrow["ID"] = 3; //Bind Data to Columns
            dtrow["EmpName"] = "John";
            dtrow["Department"] = "Finance";
            dtrow["DOB"] = "1992-12-11 12:00:00.000";
            dtTblEmployee.Rows.Add(dtrow);

            dtrow = dtTblEmployee.NewRow(); // Create New Row
            dtrow["ID"] = 4; //Bind Data to Columns
            dtrow["EmpName"] = "Mishal";
            dtrow["Department"] = "Infra structure";
            dtrow["DOB"] = "1989-04-01 12:00:00.000";
            dtTblEmployee.Rows.Add(dtrow);

            SqlBulkCopy bulkCopy = new SqlBulkCopy(
                "server=TEST;database=TEST;uid=test;password=test",
                SqlBulkCopyOptions.TableLock);
            bulkCopy.DestinationTableName = "dbo.Employee";
            bulkCopy.WriteToServer(dtTblEmployee);

        }