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["blackwater dev" <blackwaterdev AT gmail.com>]

Thanks James,

I didn't seem much in the freetds documentation about using bcp, unless I
missed it, is there some  good info online about using it?

Thanks!

On 3/14/06, James K. Lowden <jklowden AT freetds.org> wrote:
>
> blackwater dev wrote:
> > I have a project where I need to connect to a remote SQL Server and move
> > data from their to my localy MySQL server.  On the remote SQL Server, I
> > only have access to a few views but need to get their data and move it
> > to my local MySQL db.  What is the best way to do this?  Can I do it
> > with the FreeTDS BCP?  Is there a better way?
>
> freebcp is the best way to move data from a view or table to a file.  I
> think you'll find it's both versatile and reliable.
>
> Once you have a data file, I'm sure you have MySQL tools to import the
> data.
>
> HTH.
>
> --jkl
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