SQL Server Bulk Insert Ingore or skip last row - sql

Question

I'm using a bulk insert script to import a number of flat files into SQL Server
A few files end with
-----------------------------------
So what I want to do is or skip last row(s) or remove ------------------ in the bulk insert. Is one of these options possible?
SET #s = N'BULK INSERT ' + #t + '
FROM ''' + #f + '''
WITH (FIELDTERMINATOR = ''|'',
ROWTERMINATOR = ''0x0a'',
FIRSTROW=2) '
lastrow = 1 doesn't work

Answer 1

The only way I can think of is to first bulk insert the whole file into a single column table (as varchar(max)). Than you can identify the last row, and use that value in your actual bulk insert.
This is not a very straight forward approach, but I don't think there is another (unless you write a custom solution in C# or java or whatever). Maybe you can use SQLCMD to first read the number of lines in the file, but I don't know how.
Please note there is a connect item which Microsoft has closed. On that page Microsoft suggests using an openrowset solution, could be worthwhile to try, but I doubt it would work in your situation.

Answer 2

use script like next:
SET NOCOUNT ON;
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#csvData') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE #csvData
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#csvRowCount') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE #csvRowCount
CREATE TABLE #csvRowCount
(
v1 nvarchar(max) -- get only first column - for all rows in file
)
BULK INSERT #csvRowCount
FROM 'C:\TEMP\HR_FOR_LOAD\PP_SICKLIST.CSV'
WITH
(
Firstrow=2,
FIELDTERMINATOR = '\t',
ROWTERMINATOR = '\n'
);
declare #textRowCount int=(select count(1) from #csvRowCount)
CREATE TABLE #csvData
(
v1 nvarchar(2000),
v2 nvarchar(2000),
v3 nvarchar(2000)
--etc
)
declare #sql varchar(max)
set #sql = '
BULK INSERT #csvData
FROM ''C:\TEMP\HR_FOR_LOAD\PP_SICKLIST.CSV''
WITH
(
Firstrow=2,
FIELDTERMINATOR = ''\t'',
ROWTERMINATOR = ''\n'',
Lastrow = '+cast(#textRowCount as varchar(100))+'
);'
exec (#sql)
select
v1,
v2,
v3
from #csvData