sql bcp export to csv file

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Hi friends,

I am trying to export the contents of a table to a csv file. I have tried the following code but cannot find out what I'm doing wrong.

SQL

declare @sql varchar(8000)
select @sql = 'bcp travelcatdata.dbo.communicator out 
''c:\datafiles\comm.txt'' -c -t, -T -S '+ @@servername
exec master..xp_cmdshell @sql

The file is not created and when I run the query I get the following in the results pane:

VB

usage: bcp {dbtable | query} {in | out | queryout | format} datafile
  [-m maxerrors]            [-f formatfile]          [-e errfile]
  [-F firstrow]             [-L lastrow]             [-b batchsize]
  [-n native type]          [-c character type]      [-w wide character type]
  [-N keep non-text native] [-V file format version] [-q quoted identifier]
  [-C code page specifier]  [-t field terminator]    [-r row terminator]
  [-i inputfile]            [-o outfile]             [-a packetsize]
  [-S server name]          [-U username]            [-P password]
  [-T trusted connection]   [-v version]             [-R regional enable]
  [-k keep null values]     [-E keep identity values]
  [-h "load hints"]         [-x generate xml format file]
NULL

Can anyone help please?

Preferably I would like to export the results of a stored procedure accepting parameters but a table would also do fine.

Posted 18-Aug-11 4:27am

milenalukic

Updated 18-Aug-11 4:53am

LittleYellowBird

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Simon_Whale · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-18T05:16:00

Solution 1

BCP examples[^]

taking resource from the above link I would suggest that you try removing the quotes from the destination file name

e.g.

SQL

declare @sql varchar(8000)
select @sql = 'bcp travelcatdata.dbo.communicator out c:\datafiles\comm.txt -c -t, -T -S '+ @@servername
exec master..xp_cmdshell @sql

Posted 18-Aug-11 5:16am

Simon_Whale

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milenalukic 18-Aug-11 11:19am

Done that but it's exactly the same. Any other ideas?

Simon_Whale 18-Aug-11 11:37am

This worked for me

declare @sql varchar(2000)
declare @server varchar(100)
set @server = 'SIMONWHALE\SQL_2005'

set @sql = 'bcp oak_underwriting.dbo.broker out "c:\tests.csv" -c -t -T -S"' + @server + '"'
exec master..xp_cmdshell @sql

milenalukic 18-Aug-11 11:45am

Worked here too thanks. The problem I had is because I had the code over 2 lines. As soon as I put then on the same line it worked.

Simon_Whale 18-Aug-11 11:50am

anytime :)

Corporal Agarn 19-Aug-11 8:00am

That is because when defining a string line breaks are inserted into the character string.

RaviRanjanKr 18-Aug-11 15:10pm

Nice, My 5+