Sqlcmd to generate file without dashed line under header, without row count

Question

Using the following sqlcmd script:

sqlcmd -S . -d MyDb -E -s, -W -Q \"select account,rptmonth, thename from theTable\"  
> c:\\dataExport.csv

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Answer 1

In addition, if you want to query out all records in a table, you can code as

1. SET NOCOUNT ON;
2. SELECT SUBSTRING((SELECT ','+ COLUMN_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME=N'%table_name%' FOR XML PATH('') ), 2, 9999);
3. SELECT * FROM %table_name%

Assign the above queries into a variable %query%. The the command will be looks like as below.

SQLCMD -h -1 -W -E -S %sql_server% -d %sql_dabase% -Q %query% -s"," -o output_file.csv

Answer 2

Solutions:

1) To remove the row count ("(139 rows affected)") you should use SET NOCOUNT ON statement. See ref.

2) To remove column headers you should use -h parameter with value -1. See ref (section Formatting Options).

Examples:

C:\Users\sqlservr.exe>sqlcmd -S(local)\SQL2012 -d Test -E -h -1 -s, -W -Q "set nocount on; select * from dbo.Account" > d:\export.txt. 

or

C:\Users\sqlservr.exe>sqlcmd -S(local)\SQL2012 -d Test -E -h -1 -s, -W -Q "set nocount on; select * from dbo.Account" -o "d:\export2.txt"