Bulk Copy Text Qualifier

Hi,
this is the structure of my file .txt:
'S012RM4','BBBBKMQBBBB8'
'S012RM4','BBBBKMQBBBB8'
and this is the structure of my file .fmt:
7.0
2
1 SQLCHAR 0 50 "," 1 c_1
2 SQLCHAR 0 50 "\r\n" 2 c_2
I'm using a DTS to import this recods with Bulk Copy.
This is the "Text qualifier" --> ' ... but the Bulk Copy import this record:
column 1 = 'S012RM4'
column 2 = 'BBBBKMQBBBB8'
and not
column 1 = S012RM4
column 2 = BBBBKMQBBBB8
why?
Thanks
Simo,
The ' is part of the string as defined. If you can, get the text file
delivered to you without quote marks and tab delimited. (Then you probably
won't need a format file.)
As you have it, you will need to include the ' as part of the field
terminator (e.g. ','). How do you get rid of the first quote? IF I
remember correctly, make field 1 terminate with ' and assign it to no SQL
column. You might read this article on format files:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?
url=/library/en-us/adminsql/ad_impt_bcp_9yat.asp
Russell Fields
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> Hi,
> this is the structure of my file .txt:
> --
> 'S012RM4','BBBBKMQBBBB8'
> 'S012RM4','BBBBKMQBBBB8'
> --
> and this is the structure of my file .fmt:
> --
> 7.0
> 2
> 1 SQLCHAR 0 50 "," 1 c_1
> 2 SQLCHAR 0 50 "\r\n" 2 c_2
> --
> I'm using a DTS to import this recods with Bulk Copy.
> This is the "Text qualifier" --> ' ... but the Bulk Copy import this
record:
> column 1 = 'S012RM4'
> column 2 = 'BBBBKMQBBBB8'
> and not
> column 1 = S012RM4
> column 2 = BBBBKMQBBBB8
> why?
> Thanks
>