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richieHunter
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Posted - 2009-12-21 : 18:34:58

Hello, i'd like to know how can i save the result of a query to a .txt or .sql file using transac sql, I've consult some sources but i thinks this is not a very popular question because I've not found good informatio about this.

thanks for yor time

tkizer
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Posted - 2009-12-21 : 18:59:03

I use bcp.exe. Here's an example: bcp.exe db1.dbo.t1 out c:\someFile.csv -c -t, -Sserver1\instance1 -T -r\r\n

And you can call it from T-SQL via xp_cmdshell.

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