Question

I need to export data to CSV using a stored procedure. I am using the bcp.exe utility to export data

select @sql = 'bcp dbo.Customers out c:\bcp\customers.txt -c -t, -T -S'+ @@servername
exec master..xp_cmdshell @sql

I need to add a header with the column names and a text File Ended‘ at the end of the CSV.

Table structure is like this

ID    Name
 1    'joe'
 2    'jon'

In CSV it should be like this

ID,Name
1,joe
2,jon
END_OF_FILE

I have created a view that will have column header and data

select 'ID' as ID , 'Name' as Name 
union all 
select ID, Name from Customer

I need to append File Ended at the end of the CSV

Any idea will be appreciated

Answer 1

You’d need some more processing. For example, these DOS commands would create a file customers2.txt with a header and footer:

echo Header Line > c:\bcp\customers2.txt
type c:\bcp\customers.txt >> c:\bcp\customers2.txt
echo Footer Line >> c:\bcp\customers2.txt