Character Format bcp

The following example shows how to copy the publishers table to the PUBL_OUT file using character format:

bcp pubs..publishers out publ_out /c /Sservername /Usa 
/Ppassword

This is the output:

0736
New Moon Books
Boston
MA
USA
0877
Binnet & Hardley
Washington
DC
USA
1389
Algodata Infosystems
Berkeley
CA
USA
1622
Five Lakes Publishing
Chicago
IL
USA
1756
Ramona Publishers
Dallas
TX
USA
9901
GGG&G
München

Germany
9952
Scootney Books
New York
NY
USA
9999
Lucerne Publishing
Paris

France


When using character format, if you don't want to use the default terminators with the /c option, use the /t and /r options to change the terminators. The following example uses the comma as a field terminator and the newline character (\n) as the row terminator:

bcp pubs..publishers out publ_out /c /t , /r \n /Sservername /Usa /Ppassword

Here are the contents of PUBL_OUT:

0736,New Moon Books,Boston,MA,USA
0877,Binnet & Hardley,Washington,DC,USA
1389,Algodata Infosystems,Berkeley,CA,USA
1622,Five Lakes Publishing,Chicago,IL,USA
1756,Ramona Publishers,Dallas,TX,USA
9901,GGG&G,München,,Germany
9952,Scootney Books,New York,NY,USA
9999,Lucerne Publishing,Paris,,France