How to define the column size in the query

I use SQL Server 2000 Enterprise manager to exporting some data out
from database to a text file. I specified in DTS, about the look of
text file. but my output is like this:
0000500628;J;7200;J;Scania Beers B.V. ;Smaragdweg
0000500630;J;7200;J;Scania Beers B.V. ;De Overmaat
but mine looks like:
0000500628;J;7200;J;Scania Beers
B.V. ;Smaragdweg
0000500630;J;7200;J;Scania Beers B.V. ;De Overmaat
How can I archive this ?On Feb 22, 3:06 pm, superb...@.gmail.com wrote:
> I use SQL Server 2000 Enterprise manager to exporting some data out
> from database to a text file. I specified in DTS, about the look of
> text file. but my output is like this:
> 0000500628;J;7200;J;Scania Beers B.V. ;Smaragdweg
> 0000500630;J;7200;J;Scania Beers B.V. ;De Overmaat
> but mine looks like:
> 0000500628;J;7200;J;Scania Beers
> B.V. ;Smaragdweg
> 0000500630;J;7200;J;Scania Beers B.V. ;De Overmaat
> How can I archive this ?
Nobody knows'|||If I understand the question, the first two lines are what you want to
get, but the other lines - where the data splits - is what you are
actually getting.
The only reason I can think for that split is that there is a carriage
return CHAR(13), a linefeed CHAR(10), or both CHAR(13 + CHAR(10),
embedded in the column of the second row. Run a query to check for
this:
SELECT *
FROM TableName
WHERE ColumnName like '%[' + char(13) + char(10) + ']%'
Since carriage return/linefeed is the standard row terminator for text
files I do not believe you will be able to extract the table to a text
file without first removing them from any data strings. REPLACE can
do this, though you will have to nest two executions for the two
characters. If the data in the table can not be changed, but the data
written to the text file can be, remove them on the fly as you
extract.
Roy Harvey
Beacon Falls, CT
On 22 Feb 2007 06:06:54 -0800, superbaby@.gmail.com wrote:
>I use SQL Server 2000 Enterprise manager to exporting some data out
>from database to a text file. I specified in DTS, about the look of
>text file. but my output is like this:
>0000500628;J;7200;J;Scania Beers B.V. ;Smaragdweg
>0000500630;J;7200;J;Scania Beers B.V. ;De Overmaat
>but mine looks like:
>0000500628;J;7200;J;Scania Beers
>B.V. ;Smaragdweg
>0000500630;J;7200;J;Scania Beers B.V. ;De Overmaat
>
>How can I archive this ?