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Blank Line at the end of query output

  • May 19, 2008 at 11:29 am

    #190627

    I have a batch file which does the following:

    1. Uses the isql utility to executes a stored procedure which extracts some data and stores it in a table.

    2. Uses the isql utility again to read data from this table using a SELECT statement and outputs the result to a text file.

    My problem is that a blank line is included at the end of this file. I am using SQL Server 2000.

    Is there any way to remove this extra blank line from this file?

    I was getting two blank lines initially. I used the following code and now am left with one blank line

    @Echo OFF

    for /F "tokens=* delims=" %%G in (C:\TempInput.txt) do @echo %%G >> C:\TempOutput.txt

  • May 19, 2008 at 11:49 am

    #817350

    What problem does the blank line cause you?

    John Rowan

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  • May 20, 2008 at 11:57 am

    #818128

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    Hello,

    You should be using the bcp utility to output the data from the table built by the isql programming.

    Regards,

    Terry

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  • May 20, 2008 at 6:45 pm

    #818310

    You really shouldn't use ISQL.exe... use OSQL.exe instead. Also, as suggested, BCP is likely the way to go here.

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