Ignore first row of data file in bulk insert

Question

Hello
I use bulk insert to fill a table
I use code bellow
bulk insert dbo.test
from 'c:\test.txt'
with(FIRSTROW=2,FORMATFILE='c:\test.xml'
go
but data inserted to table start from 3throw.
Could you help me?

Answer 1

I added that closing parenthesis.
format file
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<BCPFORMAT
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2004/bulkload/format"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<RECORD>
<FIELD ID="1" xsi:type="CharFixed" LENGTH="6"/>
<FIELD ID="2" xsi:type="CharFixed" LENGTH="2"/>
<FIELD ID="3" xsi:type="CharFixed" LENGTH="6"/>
<FIELD ID="4" xsi:type="CharFixed" LENGTH="13"/>
<FIELD ID="5" xsi:type="CharFixed" LENGTH="13"/>
<FIELD ID="6" xsi:type="CharTerm" TERMINATOR="\n"/>
</RECORD>
<ROW>
<COLUMN SOURCE="4" NAME="R3" xsi:type="SQLBIGINT"/>
<COLUMN SOURCE="5" NAME="R4" xsi:type="SQLBIGINT"/>
<COLUMN SOURCE="1" NAME="R5" xsi:type="SQLVARYCHAR"/>
<COLUMN SOURCE="3" NAME="R9" xsi:type="SQLVARYCHAR"/>
<COLUMN SOURCE="2" NAME="R8" xsi:type="SQLVARYCHAR"/>
</ROW>
</BCPFORMAT>
when I use firstrow=2 it works but do it from 3th row
bulk insert dbo.test
from 'c:\test.txt'
with(FIRSTROW=2,FORMATFILE='c:\test.xml')
go
BUT when I use firstrow=1
bulk insert dbo.test
from 'c:\test.txt'
with(FIRSTROW=1,FORMATFILE='c:\test.xml')
go
I get thia error
bulk load data conversion  error(type mismatch or invalid character for the specified codepage)