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BCP command to import data from txt file (Pipe as Field terminator)into SQL Table.

  • August 6, 2011 at 2:44 am

    #241801

    Hi all

    I am facing hard time in configuring the BCP command to to import data from txt file (Pipe as Field terminator)into SQL Table.

    As the TAB is the default field terminator for BCP. And My source file is | (Pipe delimited file)

    I tried this

    BCP Work.dbo.Customer IN "\\MyMechine\Shared\Cust.txt" -T -S "SQLSERVER" -t|

    Am I missing some thing here.

    Please help me.

  • August 6, 2011 at 2:38 pm

    #1364824

    anand_vanam (8/6/2011)

    Hi all

    I am facing hard time in configuring the BCP command to to import data from txt file (Pipe as Field terminator)into SQL Table.

    As the TAB is the default field terminator for BCP. And My source file is | (Pipe delimited file)

    I tried this

    BCP Work.dbo.Customer IN "\\MyMechine\Shared\Cust.txt" -T -S "SQLSERVER" -t|

    Am I missing some thing here.

    Please help me.

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  • August 8, 2011 at 11:01 am

    #1365391

    SQLState = S1000, NativeError = 0

    Error = [Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client 10.0]Unexpected EOF encountered in

    BCP data-file

    0 rows copied.

    I got this Error.

    I even added the "format file".

    I have 3 columns in the Table. No Identtity Column. and No PK's

    CREATE TABLE dbo.Cust

    (Sno INT,

    Name Varchar(20),

    Location Varchar(30)

    )

    And the .txt file has 3 columns... with Pipe delimited.

    Ex:

    1|Cust1|Newyook

    2|John|Washington

    100|Alan|Seattle

  • August 8, 2011 at 12:02 pm

    #1365427

    my bcp OUt exampel shows the delimiter between dbl quotes, and not the sole char after the -t.

    try that...

    also check your row terminator; if it's not CrLf, you might need to change /add the -r command for the row terminator:

    -r"\r"

    EXECUTE master.dbo.xp_cmdshell 'bcp "SELECT * FROM ##PIPE_REPORT " queryout C:\Data\Objects.txt -t"|" -c -T '

    Lowell

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  • August 8, 2011 at 9:33 pm

    #1365616

    Thanks that helped alot.

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