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formatting question with osql batch file

Hi all,

This is my first batch file and I want to query a database and output
it in a textfile. Up to now that works, the only problem is the
formatting in the text file. It's all screewed up...lines aren't lined
up and columns aren't right....how do you format the result from a
query to a text file. Here's my code:

osql.exe -S MYMACHINE -w 30 -E -d Demo2 -Q "select * from Title where
frequency = 'monthly'" -o "C:\output.txt"
Thanks....
JMT

Jul 23 '05 #1
1 3021
Figured it out guys....thanks...
It was because by default it only writes 80 characters per line if you
don'T specify how wide your columns should be. I had columns about 50
characters wide in my table...

Later,
JMT

Jul 23 '05 #2

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