September 2010
Intermediate to advanced
1704 pages
111h 8m
English
bcp Command-Line UtilityYou use the bcp (bulk copy program) tool to address the bulk movement of data. This utility is bidirectional, allowing for the movement of data into and out of a SQL Server database.
bcp uses the following syntax:

Some of the commonly used options—other than the ones used to specify the database, such as user ID, password, and so on—are the –F and –L options. These options allow you to specify the first and last row of data to be loaded from a file, which is especially helpful in large batches. The –t option allows you to specify the field terminator that separates data elements in an ASCII file. The –E option allows ...
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