Question : Problem of transfering data from table to txt file

I have a MS SQL 2000 table which contain two rows in the following format:

20080208 abc
20080208 def
20080207 efg
20080206 hij
20080205 klm
20080205 nop

I want to store this data from the above table in multiple txt files

In the below format:

textfilename20080208.txt
------------------------
20080208 abc
20080208 def

textfilename20080207.txt
------------------------
20080207 efg

textfilename20080206.txt
------------------------
20080206 hij

textfilename20080205.txt
------------------------
20080205 klm
20080205 nop

The above process must continue every day when the data will come for the particular date
in the above table.
i prefer DTS packages. Is it possible ?

Answer : Problem of transfering data from table to txt file

There is a bit of a problem here... SSIS is introduced in SQL 2005 as a replacement for DTS, so, agree wholeheartedly with acperkins...

If you have VS 2008 you could still create the packages, but, SQL 2000 will not be able to run them.

So,

Suggest the easiest way is to create a simple script, and schedule that as a SQL Server Agent Job, or incorporate as a T-SQL command in a DTS package. Much of a muchness...

Could even put it in a stored procedure and simply fire that off... You may need to tweak the server settings for advanced options to allow xp_cmdshell, and for BCP security settings, both of which are in Books On Line...

                       
         
           
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             -- assumed table is named "My_Table" with 2 columns "date" and "name" living in the database "My_Database"
 
DECLARE @date datetime
DECLARE @name varchar(20)
DECLARE @lastdate datetime
DECLARE @SQL varchar(1000)
 
SET @LASTDATE = '20991231'
 
DECLARE c CURSOR READ_ONLY FOR SELECT date, name from My_Table order by date
 
OPEN c
FETCH NEXT FROM c INTO @date, @name
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
 
   IF @lastdate <> @date
   BEGIN
      SET @sql = 'bcp "select * from My_Database..My_Table where date = '''+convert(varchar(8),@date,112)+'''" queryout "c:\ee\textfilename'+convert(varchar(8),@date,112)+'.txt" -T -c -CACP'
      PRINT @sql
      EXEC master..xp_cmdshell @sql
      SET @lastdate = @date
   END
 
   FETCH NEXT FROM c INTO @date, @name
 
END
 
CLOSE C
DEALLOCATE C
           
         

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