No field delimiters using bcp command

Hi,

I am using a bcp command to load data into a text file . The command is below:

C:\>bcp "select ltrim(rtrim(char25))+replicate ('X',25-len(char25)),CONVERT(varc
har(8),dateg,112) as [yyyymmdd],flag1,replace( replicate ('0',19-len(amount)) +
ltrim(rtrim(amount)),'.',','),replace(replicate ('0',9-len(dperc)) + ltrim(rtrim
(dperc)),'.',',') from Bank_Info.dbo.ddd" queryout c:\xxxx\replicate_replace.tx
t -c -U sax -S KARAFOKAS -C 1252 -P passsax

The command runs fine , the problem is , the output in the text file is with tab delimited form. I want the format NOT to have tab delimited form but the values actually to have a continuation. That is, nothing to split one value from the other.

This is the output with tab delimited format.

vvvXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 20071112 h 0000000000005555,70 066,50000
abcXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 19000101 y 0454545454523456,45 077,30000
xyzcccXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 19000101 x 0000000000003456,00 077,99865
fXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 20030302 6 0000000000232323,45 005,00000

I want the output to have to tabs , as shown below:

vvvXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX20071112h0000000000005555 ,70066,50000
abcXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX19000101y0454545454523456 ,45077,30000
xyzcccXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX19000101x0000000000003456 ,00077,99865
fXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX2003030260000000000232323 ,45005,00000

Columns values should not be seperated by tabs. Any thoughts?

Thank you
George

Quote:

Originally Posted by karafokas

Hi,

I am using a bcp command to load data into a text file . The command is below:

C:\>bcp "select ltrim(rtrim(char25))+replicate ('X',25-len(char25)),CONVERT(varc
har(8),dateg,112) as [yyyymmdd],flag1,replace( replicate ('0',19-len(amount)) +
ltrim(rtrim(amount)),'.',','),replace(replicate ('0',9-len(dperc)) + ltrim(rtrim
(dperc)),'.',',') from Bank_Info.dbo.ddd" queryout c:\xxxx\replicate_replace.tx
t -c -U sax -S KARAFOKAS -C 1252 -P passsax

The command runs fine , the problem is , the output in the text file is with tab delimited form. I want the format NOT to have tab delimited form but the values actually to have a continuation. That is, nothing to split one value from the other.

This is the output with tab delimited format.

vvvXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 20071112 h 0000000000005555,70 066,50000
abcXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 19000101 y 0454545454523456,45 077,30000
xyzcccXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 19000101 x 0000000000003456,00 077,99865
fXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 20030302 6 0000000000232323,45 005,00000

I want the output to have to tabs , as shown below:

vvvXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX20071112h0000000000005555 ,70066,50000
abcXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX19000101y0454545454523456 ,45077,30000
xyzcccXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX19000101x0000000000003456 ,00077,99865
fXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX2003030260000000000232323 ,45005,00000

Columns values should not be seperated by tabs. Any thoughts?

Thank you
George

looks like you want a fixed-length output. have you tried passing -t "" ? or something like that? -t is the bcp parameter for field terminator.sql