Creates a format file containing a description of the format of the current bulk copy data file.
RETCODE bcp_writefmt (
HDBC hdbc,
LPCTSTR szFormatFile );
SUCCEED or FAIL.
The format file specifies the data format of a data file created by bulk copy. Calls to bcp_columns and bcp_colfmt define the format of the data file. bcp_writefmt saves this definition in the file referenced by szFormatFile. For more information, see bcp_init.
For information about the structure of bcp data format files, see Using the bcp Format File.
To load a saved format file, use bcp_readfmt.
Note The format file produced by bcp_writefmt is supported only by versions of the bcp utility distributed with Microsoft® SQL Server™ version 7.0.
// Variables like henv not specified.
HDBC hdbc;
DBINT nRowsProcessed;
// Application initiation, get an ODBC environment handle, allocate the
// hdbc, and so on.
...
// Enable bulk copy prior to connecting on allocated hdbc.
SQLSetConnectAttr(hdbc, SQL_COPT_SS_BCP, (SQLPOINTER) SQL_BCP_ON,
SQL_IS_INTEGER);
// Connect to the data source, return on error.
if (!SQL_SUCCEEDED(SQLConnect(hdbc, _T("myDSN"), SQL_NTS,
_T("myUser"), SQL_NTS, _T("myPwd"), SQL_NTS)))
{
// Raise error and return.
return;
}
// Initialize bulk copy.
if (bcp_init(hdbc, _T("myTable"), _T("myData.csv"),
_T("myErrors"), DB_OUT) == FAIL)
{
// Raise error and return.
return;
}
if (bcp_columns(hdbc, 3) == FAIL)
{
// Raise error and return.
return;
}
bcp_colfmt(hdbc, 1, SQLCHARACTER, 0, SQL_VARLEN_DATA, '\t', 1, 1);
bcp_colfmt(hdbc, 2, SQLCHARACTER, 0, SQL_VARLEN_DATA, '\t', 1, 2);
bcp_colfmt(hdbc, 3, SQLCHARACTER, 0, SQL_VARLEN_DATA, '\t', 1, 3);
if (bcp_writefmt(hdbc, _T("myFmtFile.fmt")) == FAIL)
{
// Raise error and return.
return;
}
if (bcp_exec(hdbc, &nRowsProcessed) == SUCCEED)
{
printf("%ld rows copied from SQL Server\n", nRowsProcessed);
}
// Carry on.
...
bcp_colfmt | bcp_readfmt |
bcp_columns |