{"id":6678,"date":"2018-12-17T19:58:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T19:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/?p=6678"},"modified":"2018-12-21T12:32:50","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T12:32:50","slug":"unexpected-eof-encountered-in-bcp-data-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/17\/unexpected-eof-encountered-in-bcp-data-file\/","title":{"rendered":"Unexpected EOF encountered in BCP data-file"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>ERROR MESAGGE:<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;[Microsoft][SQL Native Client ]Unexpected EOF encountered in BCP data-file&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>EXPLANATION:<\/h3>\n<p>You may encounter an error message when trying to transfer data to your database with the BCP tool from a CSV format file.<\/p>\n<h3>SOLUTION:<\/h3>\n<p>The reason for the problem is that the delimiters used in your CSV file are different from the delimiter in your command.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if the delimiter in your CSV file is a comma and you have not specified any delimiters in your BCP command, you will see this error.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example of a command where a comma separator is not used:<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\">BCP MyDB.dbo.MyTable in c:\\file.csv -T -c -S server_name\\instance_name<\/pre>\n<p>As you can see, this command does not specify a comma as delimiter. 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