Ah, I just found the solution....  in case anyone else needs this...

http://www.sqlteam.com/FORUMS/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=65369

You can specify the field terminator with the -c paramater and the row terminator with the -r...

I want to ensure the backup database command completed successfully.  Will that backup database command set @@ERROR if it fails? 

Here is what i've come up with....  would you agree...

Cool, thanks for letting me know.  And thanks for telling me where to find it in BOL.

Eddie

Thanks for the link Jonathan.

Hi ewilson, thanks for your response. I tried your example and it worked for me too. However, I still can't get it to work for my function. ...