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hdline
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Posted - 2008-12-29 : 07:53:59
hi,

I want to create an .ovl file as an extractg using SQL2005.
i have created extract in .txt and .csv format earlier but i am not able to create in .ovl format. Please tell me how to do it.

visakh16
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Posted - 2008-12-29 : 12:00:50
have you tried using bcp?
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tkizer
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Posted - 2008-12-29 : 12:50:02
What is an .ovl file? What is the format of a file of that type?

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hdline
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Posted - 2008-12-30 : 05:31:08
i tried using bcp. i tried to extract it in the same way as i would extract a flat file. Instead of .txt i used .ovl and it worked.

Thanks!
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visakh16
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Posted - 2008-12-30 : 05:33:46
cheers
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tkizer
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Posted - 2008-12-30 : 11:58:28
So you just wanted a different extension but the file formats were the same as normal csv?

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