Difference in 2012 sqlcmd behavior with XML ON

• jjtetzlo

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  August 24, 2012 at 1:33 pm

  #266410

  Hi all,

  Excuse my inexperience with XML, but I am trying to troubleshoot an issue we are having with our newest 2012 installation.

  Basically, we are running a .sql file called from sqlcmd to collect server information. We then insert the results of the xml output file into a table for further processing. We are finding that 2012 sqlcmd is wrapping the output onto multiple lines (every 2033 characters), which causes problems with our post-processing (the insert fails).

  Our 2005/2008 installs put the .xml output file on a neat and tidy single line, and has worked well for years. If I call sqlcmd from a 2008 server and pass in the 2012's server name, it puts it on a single line, so I know it's only 2012 sqlcmd that's doing this.

  Here's a very simple repro:

  :XML ON

  select 'start of string' + space(2000) + 'end of string' as 'string'

  for xml path ('test')

  Save that script as test.sql and call it from sqlcmd like so:

  sqlcmd -S . -E -i .\test.sql -o .\test.xml

  Drag the resulting .xml file into SSMS and you'll see it put the output on two lines.

  Go through the same steps on a 2005\2008 instance and the output is a single line.

  I do see this link from MSDN that seems somewhat relevant, but I don't think I'm doing any of the things they listed: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc645579.aspx

  Is there any way around this wrapping?

  Thanks for any help!

  Jeff

  - Jeff

• Ronzo

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  February 11, 2016 at 9:48 am

  #1858082

  Running into same problem, was there ever a workaround/fix for this?

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  Ronzo