Question

i have tried the following command to write a text file from a table:

    EXEC master..xp_cmdshell 'bcp "SELECT * FROM DB.dbo.table1" queryout "C:\employee.txt" -T -Sservername -U user111 -P pwd -c -t,'



No file is created, I am not sure why. Can anyone pls help?

I am not getting errors instead I get following messages:

  usage: bcp {dbtable | query} {in | out | queryout | format} datafile
  [-m maxerrors]            [-f formatfile]          [-e errfile]
  [-n native type]          [-c character type]      [-w wide character type]
  [-N keep non-text native] [-V file format version] [-q quoted identifier]
  [-C code page specifier]  [-t field terminator]    [-r row terminator]
  [-i inputfile]            [-o outfile]             [-a packetsize]
  [-S server name]          [-U username]            [-P password]
  [-T trusted connection]   [-v version]             [-R regional enable]
  [-k keep null values]     [-E keep identity values]
  NULL

Answer 1

the query was correct –

EXEC master..xp_cmdshell 'bcp "SELECT * FROM DB.dbo.table1" queryout "C:\employee.txt" -Sservername -U user111 -P pwd -c -t,'

while typing in SQL SERVER MANAGEMENT studio I pressed enter after queryout so statement “C:\employee.txt” -Sservername -U user111 -P pwd -c -t,’ was coming in next line. because of this I was not getting any error or output file