automatic export data from multiple table to seperate text files

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automatic export data from multiple table to seperate text files

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Posted - 2003-05-14 : 10:47:12

Thomas writes "I wanna export data from all tables which begin with letter txt_
to seperate text file name as txtsmith.txt,txtgary.txt ..etc..
example: table name
txt_smith
txt_gary
txt_jery and more..

but the problem is I don't know specific table name and how many table in database with txt_(name).

The users will create the specific need of their reports and dump into 1 table as txt_(their name). Then the end of day or at the specific time mssql will export those table data to an text file with specific txtsmith.txt or txtgary.txt

I am using MsSql 2000

Please help."

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Posted - 2003-05-14 : 11:30:28

Easy to do using bcp.

Do you mean there is a single table with a field into which is placed the user name or many tables called txt_name?
Both are easy

something like

declare @name varchar(128), @maxname varchar(128)
select @name = '', @maxname = max(name) from sysobjects where name like 'txt_%' and xtype = 'U'
begin
select @name = min(name) from sysobjects where name like 'txt_%' and xtype = 'U' and name > @name

declare @cmd varchar(1000)
select @cmd = 'bcp dbname..' + @name + ' out c:\' + @name + '.txt -Ssvrname -T -c'

exec (@cmd)
end

If all in one table then use a query in the bcp statement

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