SQL Server BCP: How to put quotes around all fields?

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Abs picture Abs · Jan 14, 2010 · Viewed 35.4k times · Source

I have this BCP command:

'bcp DBName..vieter out c:\test003.txt -c -T /t"\",\"" -S SERVER'

The output CSV I get does not put quotes around the field names, instead it puts it around the commas! How can I get the /t"\",\"" to put quotes around all fields.

Thanks all

Answer

Paul Creasey picture Paul Creasey · Jan 14, 2010

Setting the row terminator in addition to the field terminator should do the trick

'bcp DBName..vieter out c:\test003.txt -c -T -t"\",\"" -r"\"\n\"" -S SERVER'

This will likely work, but miss off the leading " for the first field of the first line, and perhaps the last field of the last line - I'm not sure, just guessing really, no server here!

or try using QUOTENAME to wrap text fields (you could also wrap numbers, but that isn't normally required.)

'bcp "SELECT id, age, QUOTENAME(name,'"') FROM DBName..vieter" queryout c:\test003.txt -c -T -t"," -S SERVER'

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