You need isql.exe to create a table on the remote machine if you want to do everything in a script, alternatively you can create the table with php and mssql_query(). On Thu, 2004-03-18 at 15:55, Gerardo Rojas wrote: > OK, i'm able to copy over data using bcp, how do I take this file and create a table into another remote db server. It fails on the name (of the table) because it doesn't exist yet. > > bcp $tablename in $sourcefile $myargs > > -- > Gerardo S. Rojas > mailto: grojas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Svensson, B.A.T. (HKG) [mailto:B.A.T.Svensson@xxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 2:12 PM > To: Gerardo Rojas > Subject: RE: copying MS SQL tables > > > In the command shell, just type "bcp"and it will output the paramters. > > Typical you should run it like this for import (from memory): > > bcp <db>..<table> in <input file> -a1000 -b1024 -c -S<servername> > <-P<passwd> -U<user> | -T> -t\t -r\t > " > > like: > > bcp mydb..testtable in testdata.txt -a1000 -b1024 -c -S127.0.0.1 -R -r\t > -t\t > > a: batch size > b: packet size > c: charchater data (needed if data is a text file) > S: sername > P: passwd > U: user name > T: trusted > t: filed delimiter (\t == tab, char(9)) > r: row delimiter (it can be buggy with \n) > > The order of the parma does not matter. > > To dump data use key word "out" in stead of "in". > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gerardo Rojas > To: Svensson, B.A.T. (HKG) > Sent: 17-3-2004 21:00 > Subject: RE: copying MS SQL tables > > Svensson, > > can you provide a quick example of using bcp. When I run my script i > know what the table will be. Don't know what parameters are need and in > what order. It complains about the direction. > > > -- > Gerardo S. Rojas > mailto: grojas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Svensson, B.A.T. (HKG) [mailto:B.A.T.Svensson@xxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 1:58 PM > To: 'Frank M. Kromann ' > Cc: ''php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' ' > Subject: RE: copying MS SQL tables > > > > use the Data Transformation Service (import/export) > [...] > > another. Thats the fastest way to do this. > > How many rows is it in the tables you copy? -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php