bcp_setbulkmode
Applies to: 
SQL Server
Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Managed Instance
Azure Synapse Analytics
Analytics Platform System (PDW)
bcp_setbulkmode lets you specify the column format in a bulk copy operation, setting all the column attributes in a single function call.
Syntax
RETCODE bcp_setbulkmode (
HDBC hdbc,
INT property,
void * pField,
INT cbField,
void * pRow,
INT cbRow
);
Arguments
hdbc
The bulk copy-enabled ODBC connection handle.
property
A constant of type BYTE. See the table in the Remarks section for a list of the constants.
pField
The pointer to the field terminator value.
cbField
The length (in bytes) of the field terminator value.
pRow
The pointer to the row terminator value.
cbRow
The length in bytes of the row terminator value.
Returns
SUCCEED or FAIL
Remarks
bcp_setbulkmode can be used to bulk copy out of either a query or a table. When bcp_setbulkmode is used to bulk copy out a query statement, it must be called before calling bcp_control with BCP_HINT.
bcp_setbulkmode is an alternative to using bcp_setcolfmt and bcp_columns, which only let you specify the format of one column per function call.
The following table lists the constants for the property parameter.
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| BCP_OUT_CHARACTER_MODE | Specifies character output mode. Corresponds to the -c option in BCP.EXE, and to bcp_setcolfmt with BCP_FMT_TYPE property set to SQLCHARACTER. |
| BCP_OUT_WIDE_CHARACTER_MODE | Specifies Unicode output mode. Corresponds to the -w option in BCP.EXE and bcp_setcolfmt with BCP_FMT_TYPE property set to SQLNCHAR. |
| BCP_OUT_NATIVE_TEXT_MODE | Specifies native types for non-character types and Unicode for character types. Corresponds to the -N option in BCP.EXE and bcp_setcolfmt with BCP_FMT_TYPE property set to SQLNCHAR if the column type is a string (default if not a string). |
| BCP_OUT_NATIVE_MODE | Specifies native database types. Corresponds to the -n option in BCP.EXE and bcp_setcolfmt with BCP_FMT_TYPE property set to the default. |
You should not use bcp_setbulkmode with a sequence of function calls that includes bcp_setcolfmt, bcp_control, and bcp_readfmt. For example, you should not call bcp_control(BCPTEXTFILE) and bcp_setbulkmode.
You can call bcp_control and bcp_setbulkmode for bcp_control options that do not conflict with bcp_setbulkmode. For example, you can call bcp_control(BCPFIRST) and bcp_setbulkmode.
If you attempt to call bcp_setbulkmode with a sequence of function calls that includes bcp_setcolfmt, bcp_control, and bcp_readfmt, one of the function calls will return a sequence error failure. If you choose to correct the failure, call bcp_init to reset all the settings and start over.
Below are some examples of function calls that result in a function sequence error:
bcp_init("table", DB_IN);
bcp_setbulkmode();
bcp_init("table", DB_OUT);
bcp_setbulkmode();
bcp_readfmt();
bcp_init(NULL, DB_OUT);
bcp_control(BCPHINTS, "select ...");
bcp_setbulkmode();
bcp_init("table", DB_OUT);
bcp_setbulkmode();
bcp_setcolfmt();
bcp_init("table", DB_OUT);
bcp_control(BCPDELAYREADFMT, true);
bcp_readfmt();
bcp_setcolfmt();
bcp_init(NULL, DB_OUT);
bcp_control(BCPDELAYREADFMT, true);
bcp_setbulkmode();
bcp_control(BCPHINTS, "select ...");
bcp_readfmt();
bcp_init("table", DB_OUT);
bcp_control(BCPDELAYREADFMT, true);
bcp_columns();
bcp_init("table", DB_OUT);
bcp_control(BCPDELAYREADFMT, true);
bcp_setcolfmt();
Example
The following sample creates four files using different settings of bcp_setbulkmode.
// compile with: sqlncli11.lib odbc32.lib
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <tchar.h>
#include <sqlext.h>
#include "sqlncli.h"
// Global variables
SQLHENV g_hEnv = NULL;
SQLHDBC g_hDbc = NULL;
void ODBCCleanUp() {
if (g_hDbc) {
SQLDisconnect(g_hDbc);
SQLFreeHandle(SQL_HANDLE_DBC, g_hDbc);
g_hDbc = NULL;
}
if (g_hEnv) {
SQLFreeHandle(SQL_HANDLE_ENV, g_hEnv);
g_hEnv = NULL;
}
}
BOOL MakeODBCConnection(TCHAR * pszServer) {
TCHAR szConnectionString[500];
TCHAR szOutConnectionString[500];
SQLSMALLINT iLen;
SQLRETURN rc;
_sntprintf_s(szConnectionString, 500, TEXT("DRIVER={SQL Server Native Client 11.0};Server=%s;Trusted_connection=yes;"), pszServer);
rc = SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_ENV, SQL_NULL_HANDLE,&g_hEnv);
if (SQL_SUCCESS != rc && SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO != rc) {
printf("SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_ENV...) failed\n");
return false;
}
rc = SQLSetEnvAttr(g_hEnv,SQL_ATTR_ODBC_VERSION, (SQLPOINTER)SQL_OV_ODBC3, SQL_IS_UINTEGER);
if (SQL_SUCCESS != rc && SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO != rc) {
printf("SQLSetEnvAttr failed\n");
SQLFreeHandle(SQL_HANDLE_ENV, g_hEnv);
return false;
}
rc = SQLAllocHandle( SQL_HANDLE_DBC, g_hEnv , &g_hDbc);
if (SQL_SUCCESS != rc && SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO != rc) {
printf("SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_DBC...) failed\n");
SQLFreeHandle(SQL_HANDLE_ENV, g_hEnv);
return false;
}
// Enable BCP
rc = SQLSetConnectAttr(g_hDbc, SQL_COPT_SS_BCP, (SQLPOINTER)SQL_BCP_ON, SQL_IS_INTEGER);
if (SQL_SUCCESS != rc && SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO != rc) {
printf("SQLSetConnectAttr(.. SQL_COPT_SS_BCP, (SQLPOINTER)SQL_BCP_ON ...) failed\n");
ODBCCleanUp();
return false;
}
// connecting ...
rc = SQLDriverConnect(g_hDbc,NULL, (SQLTCHAR*)szConnectionString, SQL_NTS, (SQLTCHAR*)szOutConnectionString, 500, &iLen, SQL_DRIVER_NOPROMPT);
if (SQL_SUCCESS != rc && SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO != rc) {
printf("SQLDriverConnect(SQL_HANDLE_DBC...) failed\n");
ODBCCleanUp();
return false;
}
return true;
}
BOOL BCPSetBulkMode(TCHAR * pszServer, TCHAR * pszQureryOut, char BCPType, TCHAR * pszDataFile) {
SQLRETURN rc;
if (!MakeODBCConnection(pszServer))
return false;
rc = bcp_init(g_hDbc, NULL, pszDataFile, NULL, DB_OUT); // bcp init for queryout
if (SUCCEED != rc) {
printf("bcp_init failed\n");
ODBCCleanUp();
return false;
}
// setbulkmode
char ColTerm[] = "\t";
char RowTerm[] = "\r\n";
wchar_t wColTerm[] = L"\t";
wchar_t wRowTerm[] = L"\r\n";
BYTE * pColTerm = NULL;
int cbColTerm = NULL;
BYTE * pRowTerm = 0;
int cbRowTerm = 0;
int bulkmode = -1;
if (BCPType == 'c') { // bcp -c
pColTerm = (BYTE*)ColTerm;
pRowTerm = (BYTE*)RowTerm;
cbColTerm = 1;
cbRowTerm = 2;
bulkmode = BCP_OUT_CHARACTER_MODE;
}
else
if (BCPType == 'w') { // bcp -w
pColTerm = (BYTE*)wColTerm;
pRowTerm = (BYTE*)wRowTerm;
cbColTerm = 2;
cbRowTerm = 4;
bulkmode = BCP_OUT_WIDE_CHARACTER_MODE;
}
else
if (BCPType == 'n') // bcp -n
bulkmode = BCP_OUT_NATIVE_MODE;
else
if (BCPType == 'N') // bcp -n
bulkmode = BCP_OUT_NATIVE_TEXT_MODE;
else {
printf("unknown bcp mode\n");
ODBCCleanUp();
return false;
}
rc = bcp_setbulkmode(g_hDbc, bulkmode, pColTerm, cbColTerm, pRowTerm, cbRowTerm);
if (SUCCEED != rc) {
printf("bcp_setbulkmode failed\n");
ODBCCleanUp();
return false;
}
// set queryout T-SQL statement
rc = bcp_control(g_hDbc, BCPHINTS , pszQureryOut);
if (SUCCEED != rc) {
printf("bcp_control(..BCP_OPTION_HINTS..) failed\n");
ODBCCleanUp();
return false;
}
// bcp copy
DBINT nRowsInserted = 0;
rc = bcp_exec(g_hDbc, &nRowsInserted);
if (SUCCEED != rc) {
printf("bcp_exec failed\n");
ODBCCleanUp();
return false;
}
printf("bcp done\n");
ODBCCleanUp();
return true;
}
int main() {
BCPSetBulkMode(TEXT("localhost"), TEXT("SELECT 'this is a bcp -c test', 1,2") , 'c', TEXT("bcpc.dat"));
BCPSetBulkMode(TEXT("localhost"), TEXT("SELECT 'this is a bcp -w test', 1,2") , 'w', TEXT("bcpw.dat"));
BCPSetBulkMode(TEXT("localhost"), TEXT("SELECT 'this is a bcp -c test', 1,2") , 'n', TEXT("bcpn.dat"));
BCPSetBulkMode(TEXT("localhost"), TEXT("SELECT 'this is a bcp -w test', 1,2") , 'N', TEXT("bcp_N.dat"));
}
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