BCP IN error: #@ Row 1, Column 1: String data, right truncation @#

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BCP IN error: #@ Row 1, Column 1: String data, right truncation @#

Kari Suresh

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July 21, 2010 at 12:36 am

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[p]Hi,
I am able to do BCP OUT successfully, but failing when BCP IN from flat files to tables. My BCP OUT query creating flat file, which is having data of server name. In this case data is 0GCC0501921\SQLSERVER2008. I am using the following query to do BCP IN..DECLARE @cmd varchar(1000), @result int
SET @cmd = 'BCP BIW.dbo.BIW_Stage_Dim_DatabaseServer IN E:\temp\BIW_Stage_Dim_DatabaseServer.txt -N -SGCC0501921\SQLSERVER2008 -Ulogin -Ppassword -eE:\temp\errorfile.txt'
EXEC @result = master.dbo.xp_cmdshell @cmd, no_output I am not getting any error while executing this query but data is not loading into tables. I noticed error in error log file: #@ Row 1, Column 1: String data, right truncation @#
GCC0501921\SQLSERVER2008.[/p][p]Then I suspected the character "\", removed manually and executed again. Now data is loading into table.[/p][p]How can I load same data into tables without removing any special characters like "\" ? [/p][p]Can anybody suggest me the best practice, Please?[/p]
KSB
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Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Knowledge and happiness never decreases by being shared.” - Buddha

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lakshmi2np Old Hand Points: 373 More actions · Answer 1

Hi,

You can use a square brackets [] like -S[GCC0501921\SQLSERVER2008] to specify the server name.

This is a good practice.

DECLARE @cmd varchar(1000), @result int

SET @cmd = 'BCP BIW.dbo.BIW_Stage_Dim_DatabaseServer IN E:\temp\BIW_Stage_Dim_DatabaseServer.txt -N -S[GCC0501921\SQLSERVER2008] -Ulogin -Ppassword -eE:\temp\errorfile.txt'

EXEC @result = master.dbo.xp_cmdshell @cmd, no_output

Thanks.:-)

Kari Suresh Hall of Fame Points: 3712 More actions · Answer 2

[p]Actually, they are using SELECT @@SERVERNAME to get the server name and storing into a table. Then I am doing BCP OUT to flat file. Next doing BCP IN to store into another table. Here only I am getting error. [/p]

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Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Knowledge and happiness never decreases by being shared.” - Buddha

Lowell SSC Guru Points: 323518 More actions · Answer 3

lak's suggestion still stands; if you bracket the server name you'd fix the issue:

select quotename(@@SERVERNAME)

--or

select quotename(ColumnName) from SomeTable

you are probably building the bcp string, right? very simple to get the quotename function involved, or even ... + '[' + servername + ']' + .... in there to fix it.

Lowell

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Kari Suresh Hall of Fame Points: 3712 More actions · Answer 4

[p]Thanks for your response. It is working.[/p]

KSB
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Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Knowledge and happiness never decreases by being shared.” - Buddha