Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Module Module1
Sub Main()
Dim connectionString As String = GetConnectionString()
' Open a connection to the AdventureWorks database.
Using connection As SqlConnection = _
New SqlConnection(connectionString)
connection.Open()
' Perform an initial count on the destination table.
Dim commandRowCount As New SqlCommand( _
"SELECT COUNT(*) FROM dbo.BulkCopyDemoMatchingColumns;", _
connection)
Dim countStart As Long = _
System.Convert.ToInt32(commandRowCount.ExecuteScalar())
Console.WriteLine("Starting row count = {0}", countStart)
' Create a table with some rows.
Dim newProducts As DataTable = MakeTable()
' Note that the column positions in the source DataTable
' match the column positions in the destination table,
' so there is no need to map columns.
Using bulkCopy As SqlBulkCopy = _
New SqlBulkCopy(connection)
bulkCopy.DestinationTableName = "dbo.BulkCopyDemoMatchingColumns"
Try
' Write from the source to the destination.
bulkCopy.WriteToServer(newProducts)
Catch ex As Exception
Console.WriteLine(ex.Message)
End Try
End Using
' Perform a final count on the destination table
' to see how many rows were added.
Dim countEnd As Long = _
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()
End Using
End Sub
Private Function MakeTable() As DataTable
' Create a new DataTable named NewProducts.
Dim newProducts As DataTable = _
New DataTable("NewProducts")
' Add three column objects to the table.
Dim productID As DataColumn = New DataColumn()
productID.DataType = System.Type.GetType("System.Int32")
productID.ColumnName = "ProductID"
productID.AutoIncrement = True
newProducts.Columns.Add(productID)
Dim productName As DataColumn = New DataColumn()
productName.DataType = System.Type.GetType("System.String")
productName.ColumnName = "Name"
newProducts.Columns.Add(productName)
Dim productNumber As DataColumn = New DataColumn()
productNumber.DataType = System.Type.GetType("System.String")
productNumber.ColumnName = "ProductNumber"
newProducts.Columns.Add(productNumber)
' Create an array for DataColumn objects.
Dim keys(0) As DataColumn
keys(0) = productID
newProducts.PrimaryKey = keys
' Add some new rows to the collection.
Dim row As DataRow
row = newProducts.NewRow()
row("Name") = "CC-101-WH"
row("ProductNumber") = "Cyclocomputer - White"
newProducts.Rows.Add(row)
row = newProducts.NewRow()
row("Name") = "CC-101-BK"
row("ProductNumber") = "Cyclocomputer - Black"
newProducts.Rows.Add(row)
row = newProducts.NewRow()
row("Name") = "CC-101-ST"
row("ProductNumber") = "Cyclocomputer - Stainless"
newProducts.Rows.Add(row)
newProducts.AcceptChanges()
' Return the new DataTable.
Return newProducts
End Function
Private Function GetConnectionString() As String
' To avoid storing the connection string in your code,
' you can retrieve it from a configuration file.
Return "Data Source=(local);" & _
"Integrated Security=true;" & _
"Initial Catalog=AdventureWorks;"
End Function
End Module