bcp utilities

Hi
When I used the bcp utilities to output a query to a text file, the date
field become a "10/2/2003 00:00:00" instead of mm/dd/yyyy format. How can I
correct this?
Thanks!
ChrisYou could use :-
bcp with the queryout option and specifiy a select statement that
converts the date to your format
or
create a view that returns the data as you require and then bcp out throught
the view
or
specifiy a format file for the bcp file to use
--
HTH
Ryan Waight, MCDBA, MCSE
"ChrisM" <cma1@.mail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
> When I used the bcp utilities to output a query to a text file, the date
> field become a "10/2/2003 00:00:00" instead of mm/dd/yyyy format. How can
I
> correct this?
> Thanks!
> Chris
>|||Ryan
Thanks for your replied. Could you give me some example on how the queryout
option converts the date to the format I need? Below is the bcp command I
use.
bcp pubs..titles out "C:\bcp_test
Output.txt" -c -q -S"sqlserver" -U"sa" -P"xxx"
Thanks!
Chris
"Ryan Waight" <Ryan_Waight@.nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> You could use :-
> bcp with the queryout option and specifiy a select statement that
> converts the date to your format
> or
> create a view that returns the data as you require and then bcp out
throught
> the view
> or
> specifiy a format file for the bcp file to use
> --
> HTH
> Ryan Waight, MCDBA, MCSE
> "ChrisM" <cma1@.mail.com> wrote in message
> news:ezveEJ6pDHA.2740@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Hi
> >
> > When I used the bcp utilities to output a query to a text file, the date
> > field become a "10/2/2003 00:00:00" instead of mm/dd/yyyy format. How
can
> I
> > correct this?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
>|||You would have to use the CONVERT statement which converts the dates into a
string, and with which you can define a format for the date (the 3:rd
parameter to the function).
bcp "SELECT CONVERT(char(10), ord_date, 101) + ' ' + CONVERT(char(8),
ord_date, 108) FROM pubs..sales" out
"C:\bcp_test\Output.txt" -c -q -S"sqlserver" -U"sa" -P"xxx"
Alternatively, you can create a view with the query and CONVERTS and then
export from the view.
--
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
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"ChrisM" <cma1@.mail.com> wrote in message
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> Ryan
> Thanks for your replied. Could you give me some example on how the
queryout
> option converts the date to the format I need? Below is the bcp command I
> use.
> bcp pubs..titles out "C:\bcp_test
> Output.txt" -c -q -S"sqlserver" -U"sa" -P"xxx"
> Thanks!
> Chris
>
> "Ryan Waight" <Ryan_Waight@.nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uqZNap6pDHA.392@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > You could use :-
> > bcp with the queryout option and specifiy a select statement that
> > converts the date to your format
> >
> > or
> >
> > create a view that returns the data as you require and then bcp out
> throught
> > the view
> >
> > or
> >
> > specifiy a format file for the bcp file to use
> >
> > --
> > HTH
> > Ryan Waight, MCDBA, MCSE
> >
> > "ChrisM" <cma1@.mail.com> wrote in message
> > news:ezveEJ6pDHA.2740@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > When I used the bcp utilities to output a query to a text file, the
date
> > > field become a "10/2/2003 00:00:00" instead of mm/dd/yyyy format. How
> can
> > I
> > > correct this?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>