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The Creating a Survey Database Tutorial is a good place to get started if you're new to creating survey databases.
Ok, a few more specifics are needed starting with the Version of Civil 3d you're using and Service Pack level.
This Being Civil Post might help as it sounds very similar to the issue your having.
Make sure that your working directory file name doesn't contain any unusual characters like '()/ and that the name isn't too long. Windows allows it, but the SQL doesn't like it.