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<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms162802.aspx" rel="ugc">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms162802.aspx</a><br />
the option is -d&lt;databasename&gt;
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms162802.aspx [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms162802.aspx]
the option is -d<databasename>

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bcp &quot;select * from dbo.app_bretella&quot; queryout &quot;C:\Documents and Settings\EE20019\My Documents\we.txt &quot;&nbsp;-t ; -S ...SERVERNAME -d ...DATABASENAME -U secretoUR -P secretoUR -c<br />
i GET AN UNKNOWN OPTION -d
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bcp "select * from dbo.app_bretella" queryout "C:\Documents and Settings\EE20019\My Documents\we.txt " -t ; -S ...SERVERNAME -d ...DATABASENAME -U secretoUR -P secretoUR -c
i GET AN UNKNOWN OPTION -d

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are you sure you are using the SQL Server bcp, and don't have another bcp in the &quot;path&quot;?<br />
that's what I have seen as usual reason for this &quot;error&quot;
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are you sure you are using the SQL Server bcp, and don't have another bcp in the "path"?
that's what I have seen as usual reason for this "error"

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sure, no other bcp executables in the path
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sure, no other bcp executables in the path

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tryied without spaces, same result
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Hi Experts,<br />
can I pass the initial catalog as a parameter to my bcp?
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Hi Experts,
can I pass the initial catalog as a parameter to my bcp?

how to pass initial catalog parameter to bcp

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