Hi Samardeep,

I tried using the debugger, but it only allows me to step into the code once before it exists the debugger. There again, maybe I'm doing something wrong with the debugger too. I tried to figure it out using the online books to no avail. It really is frustrating, so I appreciate your help.

Thank you,

Diana

Here is my code:

USE [MSG]

GO

/****** Object: StoredProcedure [dbo].[spExportData_n] Script Date: 10/05/2009 08:39:47 ******/

SET ANSI_NULLS ON

GO

SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON

GO

-- Batch submitted through debugger: SQLQuery6.sql|7|0|C:\Documents and Settings\dianal\Local Settings\Temp\~vs1ED.sql

ALTER proc [dbo].[spExportData_n]

(

@dbName varchar(100) = 'MSG',

@sql varchar(8000) = 'select requestID,submittedDate,neededDate,projectID from dt_Requests',

@fullFileName varchar(100) = 'C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Admin\test.xls'

)

as

if @sql = '' or @fullFileName = ''

begin

select 0 as ReturnValue -- failure

return

end

-- if DB isn't passed in set it to master

select @dbName = 'use ' + @dbName + ';'

if object_id('##TempExportData') is not null

drop table ##TempExportData

if object_id('##TempExportData2') is not null

drop table ##TempExportData2

-- insert data into a global temp table

declare @columnNames varchar(8000), @columnConvert varchar(8000), @tempSQL varchar(8000)

select @tempSQL = left(@sql, charindex('from', @sql)-1) + ' into ##TempExportData ' +

substring(@sql, charindex('from', @sql)-1, len(@sql))

exec(@dbName + @tempSQL)

if @@error > 0

begin

select 0 as ReturnValue -- failure

return

end

-- build 2 lists

-- 1. column names

-- 2. columns converted to nvarchar

SELECT @columnNames = COALESCE( @columnNames + ',', '') + column_name,

@columnConvert = COALESCE( @columnConvert + ',', '') + 'convert(nvarchar(4000),'

+ column_name + case when data_type in ('datetime', 'smalldatetime') then ',121'

when data_type in ('numeric', 'decimal') then ',128'

when data_type in ('float', 'real', 'money', 'smallmoney') then ',2'

when data_type in ('datetime', 'smalldatetime') then ',120'

else ''

end + ') as ' + column_name

FROM tempdb.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Columns

WHERE table_name = '##TempExportData'

-- execute select query to insert data and column names into new temp table

SELECT @sql = 'select ' + @columnNames + ' into ##TempExportData2 from (select ' + @columnConvert + ', ''2'' as [temp##SortID] from ##TempExportData union all select ''' + replace(@columnNames, ',', ''', ''') + ''', ''1'') t order by [temp##SortID]'

exec (@sql)

-- build full BCP query

DECLARE @bcpCommand VARCHAR(8000)

SET @bcpCommand = 'bcp " SELECT * from ##TempExportData2" queryout'

SET @bcpCommand = @bcpCommand + ' C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Admin\test.xls -c -w -T -U sa -P sa","-CRAW'

EXEC MSG..xp_cmdshell @bcpCommand

if @@error > 0

begin

select 0 as ReturnValue -- failure

return

end

drop table ##TempExportData

drop table ##TempExportData2

set @columnNames =' '

set @columnConvert =' '

set @tempSQL =' '

select 1 as ReturnValue