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    <p>I am trying to use <code>bcp</code> to extract records from a Sybase ASE database and write them to a file. I need to exclude two of the fields in the database, so I'm trying to use a format <code>.fmt</code> file. </p> <p>This is my bcp:</p> <pre><code>bcp Rdevdb..TBL_XFER out out1.txt -S$serv -U$user -P$pass -fbcp.fmt -c -t\| </code></pre> <p>I need the | char to be the delimiter.</p> <ol> <li><p>When I use the <code>-c</code> switch, it seems like it's ignoring the format file all together, is this true?</p></li> <li><p>When I use neither the <code>-n</code> or the <code>-c</code> switch (to tell it what format, native or char) it seems to create the file using native format, for when I open it in my text editor it forces it into a hex editor... is this the case?</p></li> <li><p>when I include the <code>-c</code>, and in the format file I remove the two fields that I do not want, it brings all the db fields into the file, that's why I'm thinking it'd ignoring the .fmt file.</p></li> <li><p>If I remove the <code>-c</code> switch, and run it with the two fields not included into the .fmt file, I get this error: <code>Incorrect host-column number found in bcp format-file.</code></p></li> <li><p>What combination of switches and what do I include in the .fmt file in order to get my <code>bcp</code> command to bringing me the results I want?</p></li> </ol> <p>Here's a portion of the <code>.fmt</code> file. There are no spaces in any of the table field names (this does not include field 1 or field 2, as those are the ones I do not want in the file).</p> <pre><code>10.0 147 3 SYBCHAR 2 6 "|" 3 COVERAGE_CODE 4 SYBCHAR 2 6 "|" 4 DEPT 5 SYBCHAR 2 8 "|" 5 ORG 6 SYBCHAR 2 8 "|" 6 DIV 7 SYBCHAR 2 8 "|" 7 DISTRIBUTE ... </code></pre> <p>There are 147 fields in the table, though when I include all the fields in the .fmt file, there are a total of 149 with the first two lines that designate the version and the field number.</p> <p>Thanks for any help.</p>
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    1. COkeep it simple. Does it work if you leave in the first 2 fields? ELSE as a possible solution to your problem, my recollection is that even though you getting fields 3->n, you have to number the fmt file to tell it how to handle the data you're getting, so you need to number 1->(n-2). This means doing a select `f3, f4, f5, ... from tableX` and those will go through your .fmt file as col1, col2, .... Good luck.
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    2. COIt works if I use the -c switch, and it writes all the fields to the file (not using the fmt file). But I don't know how to use the -c and not get the 2 fields I don't want.
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    3. COit works if I use the -f switch and use the format file, but it writes it out as hex, not text. And if I remove the two fields, it gives me the error. I will try renumbering the fields in the format file... but it seems -f and -c are mutually exclusive. If I use -f it writes it out as hex. If I use -f and -c it ignores the -f and writes it at text and doesn't use the .fmt file.
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