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<h1><code>READ_FILE_TEXT</code> Function</h1>
  <p>Reads the contents of a text file and returns it as a single string representing the whole file.</p>
  <h2>Syntax</h2><code>READ_FILE_TEXT(<i>file-path</i>, [<i>file-encoding</i>])</code><br>
  <h2>Parameters</h2>
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    <li><i>file-path</i>: text<br>
    The absolute path to the text file to read.</li>
    <li>
      <i>file-encoding:</i> integer (optional, 0-65535, default: 0)<br>
      Indicates the text encoding to use when reading the file. Specify 0 to detect the encoding automatically. Any
      nonzero integer is treated as a Windows code page number. See <a moz-do-not-send="true" href=
      "character-encodings-in-csv-and-text-files.html">Character Encodings in CSV and Text Files</a> for a list of
      these code page numbers.<br>
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  <h2>Return Value</h2>
  <p>Contents of the file as a text string.<br></p>
  <h2>Example</h2>
  <pre><i>-- Auto-detected Unicode file encoding.</i><br>PRINT READ_FILE_TEXT('C:\MyFile.txt');<br><br><i>-- Produces a 1-row query result with file contents read</i><i><br></i><i>-- using the Japanese Shift-JIS encoding (code page 932).</i><br>SELECT READ_FILE_TEXT('C:\ShiftJIS.txt', 932) AS data;</pre>
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