BCP Help - Incorrect host-column number found in BCP format-file

I've used BCP before, so I understand how to use it for the most part.
But, I'm trying to do something different.
I created a fmt file from my table. But, what I want is to only import
say column 50. So, this is how I changed it.
8.0
50
50 SQLCHAR 0 510 "\t" 41 COUNTY
That was just a guess.
Originally it was
8.0
108
then all the colums.
The text file I am processing includes all 108 columns.
So, my question is...Is what I am trying to do possible using the same
text file, but only wanting to import 1 column? (Please understand, I
will really be importing about 50 but this is an example)
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Joey Martin (joey@.infosmiths.net) writes:
> I've used BCP before, so I understand how to use it for the most part.
> But, I'm trying to do something different.
> I created a fmt file from my table. But, what I want is to only import
> say column 50. So, this is how I changed it.
> 8.0
> 50
> 50 SQLCHAR 0 510 "\t" 41 COUNTY
> That was just a guess.
> Originally it was
> 8.0
> 108
> then all the colums.
> The text file I am processing includes all 108 columns.
> So, my question is...Is what I am trying to do possible using the same
> text file, but only wanting to import 1 column? (Please understand, I
> will really be importing about 50 but this is an example)
No, this is perfectly possible. If you already have a format file with
all the 108 fields, just put a 0 after the field delimiter after the
fields you don't care about. This means that this field in the file does
not map to a database column.
A non-zero value, for instance 41 as above, means that you want to
map that field to the 41th column. The name that follows the number
is informational only, and carries no meaning.
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@.sommarskog.se
Books Online for SQL Server SP3 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techin.../2000/books.asp