bcp - server-side failure ignore?

Hi,
Is there any way to cause bcp to carry on processing the load file
ignoring any duplicates (i.e. true duplicates in my case)? It aborts
the load at the first violation. (Dropping the primary key constraint
is not an option).
It appears that the -m option does not apply to constraint checks or
any server side errors.
I have tried ROWS_PER_BATCH=1, no joy... playing with the -b option, no
joy either.
I know that I can load into a staging table and insert/select 'where
not exists'.
Are there other alternatives using bcp alone? If not, it seems like a
glaring omission.
Liam Caffrey
You could change the index to IGNORE_DUP_KEY - might work.
"liam.caffrey@.gmail.com" wrote:

> Hi,
> Is there any way to cause bcp to carry on processing the load file
> ignoring any duplicates (i.e. true duplicates in my case)? It aborts
> the load at the first violation. (Dropping the primary key constraint
> is not an option).
> It appears that the -m option does not apply to constraint checks or
> any server side errors.
> I have tried ROWS_PER_BATCH=1, no joy... playing with the -b option, no
> joy either.
> I know that I can load into a staging table and insert/select 'where
> not exists'.
> Are there other alternatives using bcp alone? If not, it seems like a
> glaring omission.
> Liam Caffrey
>