Question : Doing an INSERT or Update based on if the record already exists or not while importing data from a text file to SQL SERVER 2005.

I have this stored procedure that's working fine, just two issues with it.

1 - Doing an INSERT or Update based on if the record already exists or not while importing data from a text file to SQL SERVER 2005.
2 - Taking care of the special Characters like  é while import.

Here's my stored procedure that is working fine:

USE [DataTest]
GO

SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
CREATE procedure [dbo].[load_data]
as
begin
bulk
insert USERSTEST
from 'D:\loadData.csv'
with
(
fieldterminator = ',',
rowterminator = '\n'
)
end

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Sample Data in CSV file
abc123,Janathan,José ,,Staff

Answer : Doing an INSERT or Update based on if the record already exists or not while importing data from a text file to SQL SERVER 2005.

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