Disable Unicode output
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I am running SQL Server 2012. I have been producing files as output for the Unix folks at work. We are running into an issue with what appears to be all the files I produce are using Unicode and placing hidden characters in the beginning of files. I am simply using "Results to File" as the option vs going to grid/text.
The data being exported is not in Unicode data types.
When viewed in UltraEdit hex mode I see "0" or "EF BB BF".
The solution I have been using to get around this is taking the file open it in Notepad and do a Save As with Encoding = ANSI from the dropdown.
Any help on just creating the file in ANSI from the get go would help.
Thanks.
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michael_alawneh (7/28/2014)
I am running SQL Server 2012. I have been producing files as output for the Unix folks at work. We are running into an issue with what appears to be all the files I produce are using Unicode and placing hidden characters in the beginning of files. I am simply using "Results to File" as the option vs going to grid/text.The data being exported is not in Unicode data types.
When viewed in UltraEdit hex mode I see "0" or "EF BB BF".
The solution I have been using to get around this is taking the file open it in Notepad and do a Save As with Encoding = ANSI from the dropdown.
Any help on just creating the file in ANSI from the get go would help.
Thanks.
Quick thought, use the bcp Utility to export the data.
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michael_alawneh (7/28/2014)
I am running SQL Server 2012. I have been producing files as output for the Unix folks at work. We are running into an issue with what appears to be all the files I produce are using Unicode and placing hidden characters in the beginning of files. I am simply using "Results to File" as the option vs going to grid/text.The data being exported is not in Unicode data types.
When viewed in UltraEdit hex mode I see "0" or "EF BB BF".
The solution I have been using to get around this is taking the file open it in Notepad and do a Save As with Encoding = ANSI from the dropdown.
Any help on just creating the file in ANSI from the get go would help.
Thanks.
Are you saving it as a .rpt file?
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I am saving the results as text (.txt)
I am running from management studio. For a simple result dump I would think using the bcp would be a little over kill, but I'll give it a go.
Thanks all.
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Quick question, the query used for this wouldn't by any chance have a FOR XML statement in it? What you are seeing there is the UTF-8 BOM or Byte Order Mark. The solution could then simply be changing the query, possibly just adding something like .value('.[1]','VARCHAR(MAX)')
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None of the queries are XML. Simple selects just outputting as file.
SET NOCOUNT ON
SELECT Blah
, Blah
FROM dbo.tblBlah
If it's a default for the UTF-8 format I'm sure there's a place to change it.
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michael_alawneh (7/29/2014)
None of the queries are XML. Simple selects just outputting as file.SET NOCOUNT ON
SELECT Blah
, Blah
FROM dbo.tblBlah
If it's a default for the UTF-8 format I'm sure there's a place to change it.
I cannot recall such a setting, at least it is not in the Query Options.
I have tried to reproduce this on my server by using combinations of language settings, server collations, column collation etc. but no luck.
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You cannot specify a default setting but you can specify the encoding when you generate the results.
When you run your query the Save Results window has the option. It is a small black triangle which is part of the Save button. This will allow you to specify encoding for your file.
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