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Re: [freetds] Problem with freebcp and fixed text output

From: "James K. Lowden" <jklowden AT freetds.org>
To: FreeTDS Development Group <freetds AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [freetds] Problem with freebcp and fixed text output
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 23:09:24 -0400

Modesto Sevilla wrote:
> I am evaluating freebcp as a replacement to bcp (Sybase) while
> connecting to MS Sql Server 2008. My problem is that when I bcp out a
> table even if I specify a format file, the output does not come out in
> fixed length as it did with bcp.

I think -- I expect! -- that if you install the latest snapshot you'll see
the behavior is corrected. From ChangeLog:

Fri Jul 10 14:01:28 EDT 2009 JK Lowden <jklowden AT freetds.org>
* src/dblib/bcp.c pad nullable CHAR written to hostfile.

See the ML discussion around that time.

HTH.

--jkl

[freetds] Problem with freebcp and fixed text output, Modesto Sevilla, 08/04/2009
- Re: [freetds] Problem with freebcp and fixed text output, James K. Lowden, 08/05/2009
  - Re: [freetds] Problem with freebcp and fixed text output [NC], Cedric ROUVRAIS, 08/06/2009
  - Re: [freetds] Problem with freebcp and fixed text output [NC], Cedric ROUVRAIS, 08/06/2009
    - Re: [freetds] Problem with freebcp and fixed text output [NC], James K. Lowden, 08/06/2009
      - Re: [freetds] Problem with freebcp and fixed text output [NC], Cedric ROUVRAIS, 08/06/2009
        
        Re: [freetds] Problem with freebcp and fixed text output [NC], Konrad J Hambrick, 08/06/2009
        
        Re: [freetds] Problem with freebcp and fixed text output [NC], Konrad J Hambrick, 08/06/2009
        
        Re: [freetds] Problem with freebcp and fixed text output [NC], Cedric ROUVRAIS, 08/06/2009
        
        Re: [freetds] Problem with freebcp and fixed text output [NC], Konrad J Hambrick, 08/06/2009
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [freetds] Problem with freebcp and fixed text output, rodrigo lopez, 08/05/2009