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   Gene Wirchenko to blindsey@dsicdi.com   
   Re: BCP ordering?   
   17 Jun 11 12:15:43   
   
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   From: genew@ocis.net   
      
   On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:18:07 -0700 (PDT), blindsey   
    wrote:   
      
   >Can I generate an identity column when importing using BCP that will   
   >sequence by the physical order of the records?   
      
        What physical order?   
      
        A file can be in chunks all over a volume.  If you mean within   
   the file, the DBMS could write a row anywhere it has space to do so.   
      
        You have to define an order if you want one.   
      
   Sincerely,   
      
   Gene Wirchenko   
      
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