Automatic SQL Queries to dump data to folder

Hey everyone, trying to set up a SQL Query to run on a pre-determined
batch cycle that will automatically dump out specific table data to a
..csv file so that users can load the file into Excel right away, with
no manipulation or modification.

We are running SQL Server 2000. I am a novice SQL user. Any
suggestions?kosta.triantafillou@.gmail.com (kosta.triantafillou@.gmail.com) writes:
> Hey everyone, trying to set up a SQL Query to run on a pre-determined
> batch cycle that will automatically dump out specific table data to a
> .csv file so that users can load the file into Excel right away, with
> no manipulation or modification.
> We are running SQL Server 2000. I am a novice SQL user. Any
> suggestions?

Best is probably to set up a job in Agent that uses BCP to bulk out
the data. Do you want the entire table, or only part of it?

You can also try the Export/Import wizard and see what it gives you.
(Never have used it myself, though.)

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Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@.sommarskog.se

Books Online for SQL Server SP3 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techin.../2000/books.asp|||DTS is probably something you want to look at also. Like Erland's
suggestion, you package would be scheduled via SQL Agent.