Question

I am importing a file into SQL Server using BCP utility in Perl program.
In the file which I am importing, there is a wrong date format so the Import process fails with following error:

SQLState = 22008, NativeError = 0
Error = [Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client 10.0]Invalid date format

I am executing the bcp command as follows in my perl program.

my $myBcp = "bcp.exe" <table name> in <temp file path> -f<format file> -m 1 -h "FIRE_TRIGGERS" -o<log file path>
my $myResult = system($myBcp);

When I print $myResult it gives me ‘0’. Since there is an “Invalid date format” error, it should return me a error code.

Can anyone let me know how to catch Invalid Date Format error in my perl program?

Thanks

Answer 1

You should redirect STDERR to STDOUT by 2>&1 as follows:

my $myBcp = '"bcp.exe" <table name> in <temp file path> -f<format file> -m 1 -h "FIRE_TRIGGERS" -o<log file path>';
my $myResult = `$myBcp 2>&1`;
print $myResult;