bcp error: Copy direction must be either 'in', 'out' or 'format'

  • Good evening, i need your help please,Im tryng to modify and ExecuteProcess Task in a DTS in order to export a portion of a table and not the whole one.

    Initially read some parameters in an activex script and then passes to a batch file by means of en excuteprocess task:

    the original batch file content is this:

    bcp %1 out %2 -c -t"|" -Straficosql -T -- works ok

    i tried to modify its content as this:

    bcp "select * from %1 where %3 >= %4 and %3 <= %5" queryout %2 -c -t"|" -Straficosql -T

    i run the above batch file yielding an error:Copy direction must be either 'in', 'out' or 'format'

    the output is this:

    C:\WINDOWS>bcp select * from TRAFICO1.dbo.HECHOS_TRAFICO_DATOS_PREPAGO_201308_5338_5347 queryout \\trafico\Historicos_Tablas\PLANOS_TRAFICO\HECHOS_TRAFICO_DATOSPREPAGO_201308_5338_5347.txt -c -t"|" -Strafico\traficosql -T

    Copy direction must be either 'in', 'out' or 'format'.

    usage: bcp {dbtable | query} {in | out | queryout | format} datafile

    dont know if its a syntax error or because of double quotes between select statements

    Thanks for your help in advanced

  • Put the query and file between double quotes and it should work.

    bcp "select * from TRAFICO1.dbo.HECHOS_TRAFICO_DATOS_PREPAGO_201308_5338_5347" queryout "\\trafico\Historicos_Tablas\PLANOS_TRAFICO\HECHOS_TRAFICO_DATOSPREPAGO_201308_5338_5347.txt" -c -t"|" -Strafico\traficosql -T

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