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BCP problem

Chris Lee-152270

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July 11, 2005 at 3:15 pm

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Hi,
I tried to have tab (-t) as my column delimeter when bcp out data from table:
bcp DATABASENAME.dbo.TABLENAME out XXXX.txt -c -t -r\n -S %SqlServer% -T || SET ErrMsg=BCP out of XXXX failed. && Goto :EndErr
Somehow the -t doesn't work. Could anyone give me the hint? Thanks a million.
Chris

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David Webb-CDS SSCoach Points: 17398 More actions · Answer 1

Try -t\t

And then again, I might be wrong ...
David Webb

Chris Lee-152270 SSCommitted Points: 1809 More actions · Answer 2

H David,

Thanks for the help. I tried:

bcp DATABASENAME.dbo.TABLENAME out XXXX.txt -c -t\t -r\n -S %SqlServer% -T || SET ErrMsg=BCP out of XXXX failed. && Goto :EndErr

It still does not work. I tried and failed with several formats. Finally I went back to "basic" format like this:

bcp DATABASENAME.dbo.TABLENAME out XXXX.txt -c -S %SqlServer% -T || SET ErrMsg=BCP out of XXXX failed. && Goto :EndErr

I removed both -t and -r/n. Although the fix does not make sense to me, however, it works for some reason. Again thanks for tip.

Chris

philcart SSC-Forever Points: 47794 More actions · Answer 3

Removing both would have caused BCP to use the defaults which are tab and newline.

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Chris Lee-152270 SSCommitted Points: 1809 More actions · Answer 4

Hi Phill,

It must have a reason in order to work. So if I understand correctly, it works because -t and -r/n are part of default. But why it didn't work when I spell it out? Thanks for pointing out.

Chris

philcart SSC-Forever Points: 47794 More actions · Answer 5

The switches for BCP have always held some sort of mystical property. I mean there is such a thing as too many options.

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Mohammad Sufian Ten Centuries Points: 1292 More actions · Answer 6

Hi chris,

just have at the site . http://doc.ddart.net/mssql/sql70/impt_bcp_36.htm

But i ask Mr.Phill what type of mystical property did BCP switches have can u pls explain.

hope this helps u chris.

from

sufian

philcart SSC-Forever Points: 47794 More actions · Answer 7

I fail to see where the provided link has anything to do with field or row field terminators.

Surely any command with a syntax like,

bcp {[[database_name.][owner].]{table_name | view_name} | "query"}
    {in | out | queryout | format} data_file
    [-m max_errors] [-f format_file] [-e err_file]
    [-F first_row] [-L last_row] [-b batch_size]
    [-n] [-c] [-w] [-N] [-V (60 | 65 | 70)] [-6]
    [-q] [-C code_page] [-t field_term] [-r row_term]
    [-i input_file] [-o output_file] [-a packet_size]
    [-S server_name[\instance_name]] [-U login_id] [-P password]
    [-T] [-v] [-R] [-k] [-E] [-h "hint [,...n]"]

takes on a mystical aspect.

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