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Question : How to append to an existing output file using BCP utility?
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I use BCP to dump data from a table to a text file. Everytime it's executed, the text file gets overwritten. Is it possible to append to the existing text file instead of overwriting? Thanks.
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Answer : How to append to an existing output file using BCP utility?
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Since bcp is a command-line utility, you can use the command prompt functionality to achieve what you are looking to do. To do this:
1) BCP to a temp file 2) Append the output. Ways to do this at the command line:
COPY [PermanentFileName]+[TempFileName] [TempFile2] KILL [PermanentFileName] REN [TempFile2] [PermanentFileName]
-- Or --
TYPE [TempFileName] >> [PermanentFileName]
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