How to write using BCP to a remote SQL Server?

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Dave Fish picture Dave Fish · Mar 7, 2017 · Viewed 10.3k times · Source

I have a remote SQL Server with a hostname I am using to connect to.

BCP suggests to use 

bcp DBName.dbo.tablename in C:\test\yourfile.txt -c -T -t

However when I try this it does not connect to DBName as that is not a valid alias. I get native error 2.

How to I run BCP but specify an internet / network address to connect to, not an MSSQL server name?

Answer

Jasper Schellingerhout picture Jasper Schellingerhout · Mar 9, 2017

How to I run BCP but specify an internet / network address to connect to, not an MSSQL server name?

You can specify the IP address (here just 127.0.0.1) instead of the server name.

bcp DBName.dbo.tablename in "C:\test\yourfile.txt" -c -T -t -S"127.0.0.1\instance"

If you truly want to go IP\port only then use IP address and port separated by comma

bcp DBName.dbo.tablename in "C:\test\yourfile.txt" -c -T -t -S"127.0.0.1,60905"

Of course in that case you would need to know the port the instance is using, and your instance should be set to use a fixed port

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