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Simple Trick to Copy and Paste Web Data into SQL Server

Import web data into SQL Server quickly. Learn the clipboard import trick for rapid data loading from websites into database tables.

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When answering questions on forums or blogs, I often like to put the data into SQL Server where I can make sure my SQL works before I answer a question.

As you can imagine, I don-t want to spend a lot of time importing that data.

So, here is a little trick that you can use to copy and paste and HTML table into a SQL table without having to write insert statements or use the Import/Export wizard.

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