Interactive BCP

Interactive BCP is used to selectively import or export data. Interactive mode is automatically activated when the following switches are not included in the BCP statement:

-n (native format)

-N (native format for non-character data and Unicode native format for character data)

-c (character format)

-f (format file)

-w (Unicode native format)

Through the use of interactive prompts, you can tailor BCP to your import and export specifications. Interactive BCP prompts you for four pieces of information:

  • File storage type

  • Prefix length

  • Field length

  • Field and row terminator

The following are sample interactive BCP prompts:

 Enter the file storage type of field discounttype [char]: Enter prefix-length of field discounttype [0]: Enter length ...

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