BCP utility replaces German with junk characters

Hi All,
I am using command line bcp utility of SQL Server to import data from a text
file to database.

I have some german words in the text file and after
import the German characters are lost.

see eg below.

Input : Khner, Klaus -> Text file value
OutPut: Khner, Klaus -> Table data, after import.

I am using unicode in the commad line.
The collation setting is LATIN

can anyone show some light.

Thanks in advance

Manoj.Manoj (mcmanoj_2000@.yahoo.com) writes:
> I am using command line bcp utility of SQL Server to import data from a
> text file to database.
> I have some german words in the text file and after
> import the German characters are lost.
> see eg below.
> Input : Khner, Klaus -> Text file value
> OutPut: K?hner, Klaus -> Table data, after import.
> I am using unicode in the commad line.
> The collation setting is LATIN

Since BCP is a command-line utility it's defaul code page is the OEM
code page. Therefore, if your server uses an ANSI page, and this is
the normal, there is an automatic conversion from OEM to ANSI. Problem
is if the file is in ANSI already - which it often is.

BCP offers the -C option to control this. The simplest is to use
-C RAW to turn off conversion.

See the description of BCP in Books Online for more details.

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, sommar@.algonet.se

Books Online for SQL Server SP3 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techin.../2000/books.asp

BCP & odd charachters

Hi

When I BCP out some data from a database that contains german charachters ( in particular characters with hyphens & unlatts on them ), the letter appears as a square box when I open it in a text file.

I run BCP locally on the server that the database is on.

Any ideas what might be causing this? I have the local Regional settings of the server set to German but still no joy.

Any ideas?

Help!!

JWhat happens when you BCP the data back into a database? Sometimes certain products that we use to view files can not display none printable characters to they write out the 'box'. It does not mean that data is incorrect. You should create another test table and BCP the data into the new test table.