freebcp — bulk loading utility for Sybase and Microsoft databases

       The freebcp utility was written by Bill Thompson <thompbil@exchange.uk.ml.com>

       Currently, there is no support for text data types in freebcp, when SQL Server 2000 is the target server.

FreeTDS 1.3.17                                   March 25, 2015                                       FREEBCP(1)

freebcp is a utility program distributed with  FreeTDS.   freebcp  replicates  (in  part  at  least)  the
       functionality  of the bcp utility programs distributed by Sybase and Microsoft.  freebcp makes use of the
       DB-Library bcp API provided by FreeTDS. This API is also available to application developers.

       The manual pages or online help for Sybase or SQL Server can be referenced for more detailed  information
       on bcp functionality.

       DSQUERY default servername

freebcp first appeared in FreeTDS 0.60

       freebcp — bulk loading utility for Sybase and Microsoft databases

       When  connecting  to  a  Sybase  database  server, it is required that the TDS 5.0 protocol be used. When
       connecting to a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 database server, the TDS 7 (or later) protocol is required.

       Sybase and Microsoft define different versions of the bcp portion of TDS 4.2.  Because FreeTDS has no way
       of knowing which type of server it's connected to, freebcp does  not  support  version  4.2  of  the  TDS
       protocol.

-Apacket_size
               Set the size of a TDS packet to packet_size.  Not sure why you would want to do this,  except  as
               an experiment.

       -Ddbname
               The  name  of  the default database to use.  Overrides default database associated with the login
               account.  Causes freebcp to issue a USEdbname  command  immediately  after  logging  in,  before
               commencing BCP operations.

       -E      Write  the  data in datafile to the table's IDENTITY column. Without this flag, the identity data
               present in the datafile will be ignored, and new  IDENTITY  values  will  be  generated  for  the
               imported rows.

       -Ffirstrow
               The first row to copy from the input file or database table. The default is the first row, row 1.

       -Iinterfaces
               The  name  and location of the interfaces file to search when connecting to servername. Overrides
               freetds.conf.-Llastrow
               The last row to copy from an input file  or database table. The default is the last row.

       -Ooptions
               SQL text to set connection options prior to the bcp operation.  If options is a  valid  filename,
               the  SQL  is  read  from  the  file  instead.  Sometimes  needed  for queryout.  Example: -O`SETQUOTED_IDENTIFIERON'.

       -Ppassword
               The password associated with username.

       -Sservername
               The name of the Database Server to which to connect.

       -Ttextsize
               For text or image columns, set the maximum number of  characters  to  request  from  the  server.
               Defaults to the setting in freetds.conf.  If not specified anywhere, defaults to the full size of
               the data.

       -Uusername
               A  database  login  name.  For TDS 7+ connections, a domain login is attempted if username is not
               provided.

       -bbatchsize
               The number of rows per batch of data copied. Batching applies only when you are bulk copying into
               the database. Each batch of data is effectively “committed” into the database. The default  value
               for batchsize is 1000.

       -c      The  host  data  file  is  (or  will  be)  in  "character" format, i.e., a text file. Encoding is
               determined by the client charset attribute in freetds.conf.

       -d      Turn off any logging. (Unintuitive, perhaps.)

       -eerrfile
               Write errors to errfile.  For uploads.  Includes line and column information, and the row data.

       -fformatfile
               The format of the host data file is  described  by  formatfile.   The  layout  of  formatfile  is
               identical to that understood by the Sybase and Microsoft bcp utilities, but is too complicated to
               describe here.

       -hhints
               Set bcp hints. For valid values, cf.  bcp_options() in the FreeTDS Reference Manual.

       -mmaxerror
               Stop after encountering maxerror errors. Default 10.

       -n      The host data file is in “native” format.  This is a format that freebcp will be able to process,
               but is not portable or readable.

       -rrow_term
               The  row  terminator  for  a character file.  May be more than one character.  Default is newline
               ('\n'). Cf.  -c, above.

       -tfield_term
               The field terminator for character file. Also known as a column delimiter. May be more  than  one
               character.  Default is tab ('\t'). Cf.  -c, above.

       -v-V      Print the version information and exit.

       -iinputfile
               Read input data from file specified.

       -ooutputfile
               Write output data to file specified.

       -Ccharset
               Specify character set to use to talk to server.

freebcp  [[⟨database⟩.]⟨owner⟩.]⟨object_name⟩  {in  |  [query]out}  datafile  {-c  |  -n | -fformatfile}
               [-Sservername] [-Ddbname] [-Uusername] [-Ppassword] [-bbatchsize] [-Ffirstrow] [-Llastrow]
               [-eerrfile] [-Iinterfaces] [-mmaxerror] [-tfield_term] [-rrow_term] [-hhints] [-Ttextsize]
               [-Apacket_size] [-Ooptions] [-iinputfile] [-ooutputfile] [-Ccharset] [-EdVv]

database
               The  name  of  the database containing object to be copied.  Optional if the table/view is in the
               default database for username.

       schema  The schema of the object being copied. If not provided, the default schema for username is used.

       object  The name of the database object you wish to access, typically a table. It can  also  be  a  view.
               All  views  can  be read; some can be written, subject to constraints.  With queryout, object can
               also be an SQL query.

       in      Copy data from a host file to a database table.

       out     Copy data from a database table to a host file.

       queryout
               indicates that table_name is in fact SQL, rather than a database object.   freebcp  will  execute
               the  query  and  write the results to a file. (It is a good idea to have the query return one and
               only one result set.)

       datafile
               The name of an operating system file.