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                                         alejo46 
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                                             Posted - 2014-05-15 : 22:24:52
                                            
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                                            | 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 oki tried to modify its content as this:bcp "select * from %1 where %3 >= %4 and %3 <= %5" queryout %2 -c -t"|" -Straficosql -Ti 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 -TCopy 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 statementsThanks for your help in advanced | 
                                             
                                         
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