Cannot bulk load because the file could not be opened. Operating System Error Code 5

Question

I'm trying to insert an image into SQL Server using this SQL query

INSERT INTO dbo.Employees(ImageColumn) 
   SELECT BulkColumn 
   FROM OPENROWSET(BULK 'C:\Users\ahmed\Desktop\employee.jpg', Single_Blob) AS img

but I'm getting this message:

Msg 4861, Level 16, State 1, Line 3
Cannot bulk load because the file "C:\\Users\\ahmed\\Desktop\\employee.jpg" could not be opened. Operating system error code 5 (Access is denied.).

Answer 1

对于您正在运行此SQL语句的任何上下文（例如，在SSMS中），请尝试以admin身份打开应用程序 。

Answer 2

Try logging in to SSMS under the sa account and try that. I have a lot of permissions issues when I'm logged in as myself, even if I'm logged in with admin privileges.