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 BCP-First row has column Names

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ramdas
Posting Yak Master

181 Posts

Posted - 2004-04-20 : 17:13:50
Hi,
I want to export data in around 40 tables using bcp. The database is on sql server 2000. When i bcp each table i want the first to have column Names. Is this doable using bcp? Or should I using the datapump task 40 times to export the data to a text file. One of the key requirement is that the first row in the text file should have column names.

Thank you
Ramdas

Ramdas Narayanan
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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2004-04-20 : 17:31:57
bcp does not have the option of putting the first row with column names. You could possibly put them in yourself using the INFORMATION_SCHEMA view called COLUMNS and a UNION to your table. I would go down the DTS route.

Tara
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MichaelP
Jedi Yak

2489 Posts

Posted - 2004-04-20 : 18:16:48
If you put the field names as the first row in your select statement, that should do it as well (using BCP).

Michael

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