Monday, July 31, 2017

SQL Server bcp error - String data, right truncation

We generally expect a proper row terminator with files loaded using bcp and with all accurately defined switches, data should be loaded without any issue. But sometime, you may see issues like below even if you try with switches like -r "\r\n" or -r "\n".


In most cases, the reason is the row terminator. If you open the file to be loaded using something like Notepad++, and enable Show All Characters (icon is in the toolbox), you should see the exact row terminator.


If you see something like above, then you need to add the row terminator as a hexadecimal value. In this case, if I add -r "0x0a", then my data loading will work without any issue.

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