Question : Import data from ODBC source into SQL-Server via T-SQL

Dear Experts,

I have a ODBC-Source named 'FOO' installed (System-DNS), and it's working fine. Now I need to read in all rows from table 'KODATEN' from that ODBC source and put them into an existing table of same structure in the SQL-Server (ODBC-driver and SQL-Server reside on the same machine).
And, most importantly, it should be done via a T-SQL statement or something else that can be used inside a stored procedure. Solutions along the lines of "click on some wizard in the administration tool" won't be of much help, I'm afraid.
Is there a way to specify the ODBC source in the FROM clause of a SELECT statement?

To further illustrate my needs: I already succeeded in importing data from a CSV-file into SQL-Server by
  BULK INSERT fcp..NTCS FROM 'D:\foo.csv'
  WITH (
     DATAFILETYPE = 'char',
     FIELDTERMINATOR = ';',
     ROWTERMINATOR = '\n',
  )

Now I need to do the very same thing except reading from ODBC rather than from a CSV-file.

I guess the answer will be rather simple for the experts but it's all the more urgent.
Eagerly looking forward to your support,
woolf

Answer : Import data from ODBC source into SQL-Server via T-SQL

In BULK INSERT statement  you need to specify the full path of the data file that contains data to copy into the specified table or view. BULK INSERT can copy data from a disk (including network, floppy disk, hard disk, and so on).

data_file must specify a valid path from the server on which SQL Server is running. If data_file is a remote file, specify the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) name.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/tsqlref/ts_ba-bz_4fec.asp

I think you should create a linked server to your ODBC Source and then use BULK INSERT

or

Set up a DTS package and then execute it via T-SQL