Re: bcp -n -E fails on identity column

Frediano Ziglio <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.db.tds.freetds
Message-ID <CAHt6W4c58-+xiK=xumphddsHk7VLfVPbMCUwHP+RLxaq1TGKmw@mail.gmail.com>
On 5 Jun 2016 09:56, "John Kendall" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Using the bcp -n (native file format) and -E (retain identity values)
options together produces:
>
>     Msg 20053, Level 4
>     Requested data conversion does not exist
>
>
> I see this happening on Sybase (11 & 16) and MS SQL 2008.
>
>
> Test to reproduce:
>
>     select id_col=identity(5) into tempdb..tbl   -- Sybase
>     select id_col=identity(int) into tempdb..tbl  -- MS SQL
>
>     $ freebcp tempdb..tbl out tbl.bcp -S $DSQUERY -U usr -P pw -n -E
>
>     Starting copy...
>
>     Msg 20053, Level 4
>     Requested data conversion does not exist
>
>     bcp copy out failed
>
> datacopy also has a problem with the -E option, I assume the problems are
related.
>
> John
>
>

Which FreeTDS version are you using?

Frediano
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