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I'm bcp-ing a table to a file. I've noticed that if a varchar column is empty, that both "bcp -c" and "bcp -c -k" export the empty value as #$00. Instead, I'd like to export the value as if it were null.


use monkey
go

create table tab1 (
myColumn varchar(10) null
)
go

insert into tab1 (myColumn) values ('')
go

exec master..xp_cmdshell 'bcp monkey..tab1 out D:data.csv -c -T'
go

drop table tab1
go


I've been fiddling about with other switches but so far haven't come up with a solution other than writing out the full SELECT-statement or updating the original. Anyone with an easier solution?

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