BCP error with SYSNAME

Hello, i have a problem when i try and bcp in data originating from a 6.5
server onto sql 2000.
The problem appears to be due to a column in the table which is defined as
type Sysname, this is different on the platforms, from being varchar(30) on
sql 6.5 to nvarchar(128) on sql 2000.
I use native for bcp out and in and i also specify -V 65 on the bcp in ie
EXEC MASTER.DBO.XP_CMDSHELL 'bcp testdb.dbo.COMMS_SP_LOOKUP in
COMMS_SP_LOOKUP.bcp -n -V 65 -Usa -P'
The error i get is as follows :
Starting copy...
SQLState = 22001, NativeError = 0
Error = [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]String data, right trunca
tion
SQLState = S1000, NativeError = 0
Error = [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Unexpected EOF encountere
d in BCP
data-file
Is there a way of getting around this ?I suggest you use character mode BCP rather than native mode when copying
data between SQL Server versions.
Hope this helps.
Dan Guzman
SQL Server MVP
"billu" <billu@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello, i have a problem when i try and bcp in data originating from a 6.5
> server onto sql 2000.
> The problem appears to be due to a column in the table which is defined as
> type Sysname, this is different on the platforms, from being varchar(30)
> on
> sql 6.5 to nvarchar(128) on sql 2000.
> I use native for bcp out and in and i also specify -V 65 on the bcp in ie
> EXEC MASTER.DBO.XP_CMDSHELL 'bcp testdb.dbo.COMMS_SP_LOOKUP in
> COMMS_SP_LOOKUP.bcp -n -V 65 -Usa -P'
>
> The error i get is as follows :
> Starting copy...
> SQLState = 22001, NativeError = 0
> Error = [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]String data, right trun
cation
> SQLState = S1000, NativeError = 0
> Error = [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Unexpected EOF encounte
red in
> BCP
> data-file
> Is there a way of getting around this ?