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muhiar
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 Posted - 2006-05-01 : 04:14:23
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| hi alli have an urgent problemwhat i am trying to do is to export the data from sql server table into text filethis export need to be scheduled for each hourthe problem is that i want data in the file to be seperated by <CR><LF> so does DTS enable us to change the column sperator??and how? it does support for only comma , semicolon ,tab , vertical bari have tried to use bcp with format file but i always get the same errorbcp is not recognized as internal or external commandalthough it worked perfectly from the command prompt as well as i have inserted the path of bcp.exe in the system path envrionment variable and checked the command promptin the bcp i tried to add the path of bcp.exe but it does not work??what shall i do?any ideas??plz it is sooooooooooooooo urgent case |
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khtan
In (Som, Ni, Yak)
17689 Posts |
Posted - 2006-05-01 : 05:54:54
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you can execute BCP from T-SQL via the xp_cmdshell
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muhiar
Starting Member
37 Posts |
Posted - 2006-05-01 : 06:02:08
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| i have created a stored procedure that uses the master..xp_cmdshell command but it does not work |
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khtan
In (Som, Ni, Yak)
17689 Posts |
Posted - 2006-05-01 : 07:54:40
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What is the error that you encountered ?
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muhiar
Starting Member
37 Posts |
Posted - 2006-05-01 : 09:47:05
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| bcp is not recognized as internal or external command |
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Kristen
Test
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Posted - 2006-05-01 : 10:05:37
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| Check that the PATH includes the folder where BCP.EXE is located?Kristen |
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muhiar
Starting Member
37 Posts |
Posted - 2006-05-02 : 01:34:42
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| i have included the bcp.exe path in the PATH system environment variables |
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muhiar
Starting Member
37 Posts |
Posted - 2006-05-02 : 01:35:50
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| but it did not work and i have used the path in the master..xp_cmdshell 'c:\path\bcp.exe' and this did not work |
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Kristen
Test
22859 Posts |
Posted - 2006-05-02 : 04:13:47
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| Are you still getting "bcp is not recognized as internal or external command" or a different error now?Kristen |
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khtan
In (Som, Ni, Yak)
17689 Posts |
Posted - 2006-05-02 : 04:28:44
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Originally posted by muhiar
but it did not work and i have used the path in the master..xp_cmdshell 'c:\path\bcp.exe' and this did not work
This does not looks like the normal installation path. Did you just copied BCP.exe from somewhere into C:\path ?
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