Send Query result into a Text file in SqlServer - sql-server

Question

I want to send the result from a scalar variable into a text file,
My Code looks like this
DECLARE #test varchar(10)
SET #test='This is sample text'
EXEC master..xp_cmdshell'bcp ' + #test + ' queryout "D:\sample.txt" -S LocalHost -U
sa -P 123 -c -T -t'
But this is showing the following errors
output
usage: bcp {dbtable | query} {in | out | queryout | format} datafile
[-m maxerrors] [-f formatfile] [-e errfile]
[-F firstrow] [-L lastrow] [-b batchsize]
[-n native type] [-c character type] [-w wide character type]
[-N keep non-text native] [-V file format version] [-q quoted identifier]
[-C code page specifier] [-t field terminator] [-r row terminator]
[-i inputfile] [-o outfile] [-a packetsize]
[-S server name] [-U username] [-P password]
[-T trusted connection] [-v version] [-R regional enable]
[-k keep null values] [-E keep identity values]
[-h "load hints"] [-x generate xml format file]
NULL
Dont know how to give the format assigning a scalar variable value in bcp command
Please any one help.
And tried in this way also
Create table #sample
(
productid int
)
Insert into #sample(productid) values(1001098)
EXEC master..xp_cmdshell'bcp "select * from #sample" queryout "D:\sample.txt" -S
LocalHost -U sa -P 123 -c -T -t'
It gives as Error that
#sample does not exist (in bcp command line)
Can any one please solve this.
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

First thing, a temp table is bound to a scope, and thus cannot be used in a different process ID.
But, you can declare a global temp table (be sure to delete it afterward and make sure to use a very specific name to make sure you don't interfere with some other code).
To do so, you just have to double the '#' in the table name.
if object_ID('tempdb..##sample') is not null
drop table ##sample
Create table ##sample
(
productid int
)
Insert into ##sample(productid) values(1001098)
Then all you have to do is your output.
EXEC master..xp_cmdshell'bcp "select * from ##sample" queryout "d:\sample.txt" -w -U sa -P 123 -S server_name\instance_name'
As you can see I changed a couple of switches too.
I found it's preferable to use -w to generate ansi characters, so I removed -c.
-T is for trusted connection, but since you provide a username and password, you don't need it.
Then you should be fine.

Answer 2

Test this:
EXEC xp_cmdshell 'bcp "SELECT *FROM [YOURDATABASE].[dbo].[YOURTABLE]" queryout "f:\newOUTPUT.txt" -S DESKTOP-A5CFJSH\MSSQLSERVER1 -UYOURUSERNAME -PYOURPASSWORD -n '