This script generates a format file for every table in a database.It's set up for fixed width files, not too common in this world...but they can easily be modified.Also the do not at this time handle text or image columns.Any hints/advice here would be great.I'll post it when I figure it out.happy bcping..SELECT FORMAT_CARD FROM ( SELECT '7.0' AS FORMAT_CARD , TABLE_NAME, null AS COLUMN_NAME, 1 AS SQLGroup, 1 AS RowGrouping FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Tables WHERE TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE' UNION ALL SELECT CONVERT(varchar(5),MAX(ORDINAL_POSITION)) AS FORMAT_CARD , c.TABLE_NAME, null AS COLUMN_NAME, 2 AS SQLGroup, 1 AS RowGrouping FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Columns c INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Tables t ON c.TABLE_NAME = t.TABLE_NAME AND c.TABLE_SCHEMA = t.TABLE_SCHEMA AND TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE' GROUP BY c.TABLE_NAME UNION ALL SELECT CONVERT(varchar(3),ORDINAL_POSITION)+CHAR(9)+'SQLCHAR'+CHAR(9)+'0'+CHAR(9) + CONVERT(varchar(5), CASE WHEN DATA_TYPE IN ('char','varchar','nchar','nvarchar') THEN CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH WHEN DATA_TYPE = 'int' THEN 14 WHEN DATA_TYPE = 'smallint' THEN 7 WHEN DATA_TYPE = 'tinyint' THEN 3 WHEN DATA_TYPE = 'bit' THEN 1 ELSE 26 END) + CHAR(9)+'""'+CHAR(9)+CONVERT(varchar(3),ORDINAL_POSITION)+CHAR(9)+COLUMN_NAME AS FORMAT_CARD , c.TABLE_NAME, null AS COLUMN_NAME, 3 AS SQLGroup, ORDINAL_POSITION AS RowGrouping FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Columns c INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Tables t ON c.TABLE_NAME = t.TABLE_NAME AND c.table_schema = t.table_schema AND TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE' WHERE ORDINAL_POSITION < (SELECT MAX(ORDINAL_POSITION) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Columns i WHERE i.TABLE_NAME = c.TABLE_NAME) UNION ALL SELECT CONVERT(varchar(3),ORDINAL_POSITION)+CHAR(9)+'SQLCHAR'+CHAR(9)+'0'+CHAR(9)+CONVERT(VARCHAR(5), CASE WHEN DATA_TYPE IN ('char','varchar','nchar','nvarchar') THEN CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH WHEN DATA_TYPE = 'int' THEN 14 WHEN DATA_TYPE = 'smallint' THEN 7 WHEN DATA_TYPE = 'tinyint' THEN 3 WHEN DATA_TYPE = 'bit' THEN 1 ELSE 26 END) + char(9)+'"\r\n"'+char(9)+CONVERT(varchar(3),ORDINAL_POSITION)+CHAR(9)+COLUMN_NAME AS FORMAT_CARD , c.TABLE_NAME, null AS COLUMN_NAME, 4 AS SQLGroup, 1 AS RowGrouping FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Columns c INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Tables t ON c.TABLE_NAME = t.TABLE_NAME AND c.TABLE_SCHEMA = t.TABLE_SCHEMA AND TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE' WHERE ORDINAL_POSITION = (SELECT MAX(ORDINAL_POSITION) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Columns i WHERE i.TABLE_NAME = c.TABLE_NAME))AS XXX ORDER BY TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME, SQLGroup, RowGrouping
Brett8-)SELECT @@POST=NewId()That's correct! It's an AlphaNumeric!