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Define field lengths for MS SQL 2000 DTS bulk export to text file

Hi,

i try to prepare an export of an SQL query into a text file which fields should be of a delimited lenght. The file should be like (the export has 2 fields and if field1 is 10 char and field2 is 8 char):
field1....field2..field1b...field2b. (where points are spaces in the example).

I thought doing this with the SQL 2000 DTS Bulk export bue i don't know where to set the fields length.

Thanks for your help.

James Murrell

this might help http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2000/books/c07ppcsq.mspx

Anthony Perkins

You do not define the lengths when using a delimited format. That is the whole point of delimited files.

If I am not understanding, than please indicate what is the current output and the desired output.

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Brendt Hess

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jeebee75

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Thanks for your posts.
Each record of the output file should be 372 char length. There should be no delimiter between the fields but blanks to complete each field length:

Field      Type      Position      Length
a      char      1      5
b      char      6      6
c      char      12      9
d      char      21      50
e      char      71      50
f      char      121      3
g      char      124      50
h      char      174      50
i      char      224      5
j      char      229      10
k      char      239      10
l      char      249      10
m      char      259      50
n      char      309      13
o      char      322      50

Thanks for your help

jeebee75

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I found the solution. I had to use the "define columns" (and specify each field length) in the transform data task and choose <none> for the row delimiter as bhess1 told me.

Thanks for your help