Export xml data using BCP Command in SQL Server

Shashikant picture Shashikant · Nov 26, 2014 · Viewed 15.2k times · Source

I am trying to export datable data in xml format but,Problem is like i can able to create xml file but data is not get writing in to the file following is my code I am trying.

DECLARE @cmd  VARCHAR(2000);

SET @cmd = 'bcp.exe "select * from emp FOR XML AUTO" queryout E:\rahul_1.xml -x -T';

EXEC xp_cmdshell  @cmd ;

And following is the output message I am getting after executing above code

NULL
Enter the file storage type of field XML_F52E2B61-18A1-11d1-B105-00805F49916B [ntext]: 

can any body please suggest me on this

Answer

Brad D picture Brad D · Nov 26, 2014

Dan you answer works, except one last thing. BCP needs additional information about the source query. Best idea to fully qualify the source of the data.

SET @cmd = 'bcp.exe "select * from [Database].[Schema].[Table] FOR XML AUTO" 
             queryout E:\rahul_1.xml -c -T';