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sanlen
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Posted - 2008-11-20 : 03:02:31

Hi All,

i want to import data from table test12 of the database test into the text file and i tried the following statement:

bcp test.dbo.test12 out test.txt -c -Usa -Seng-kimsan

I got the belove error:

Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 1
Incorrect syntax near '.'.

could you please advise? thanks you very much for your time and any consideration you may give me.

Best Regard,
SANLEN

visakh16
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52326 Posts

Posted - 2008-11-20 : 03:07:46

http://sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/madhivanan/archive/2007/08/27/bcp-export-data-to-text-file.aspx

madhivanan
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22864 Posts

Posted - 2008-11-20 : 04:10:40

quote:
Originally posted by sanlen

Hi All,

i want to import data from table test12 of the database test into the text file and i tried the following statement:

bcp test.dbo.test12 out test.txt -c -Usa -Seng-kimsan

I got the belove error:

Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 1
Incorrect syntax near '.'.

could you please advise? thanks you very much for your time and any consideration you may give me.

Best Regard,
SANLEN

This is syntax to do in command propmt
To run thru Query Analyser, use the method described at above link

Madhivanan

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SwePeso
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30421 Posts

Posted - 2008-11-20 : 04:15:04

exec master..xp_cmdshell 'bcp "test.dbo.test12" out "test.txt" -c -Usa -Seng-kimsan'

Just remember that the file path is relative to SQL Server, not your local query window.

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