SQLCMD - getting the entire output to file?

Question

Hi All
Ive written my first SQLCMD script using this reference :-
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms162773.aspx
but in my output file I only get one line, whereas when I run the sql scripts manually from query analyser it shows (1 rows affected) multiple times down
the results window, how can i get these multiple rows of output to show in my output text file?
Thanks
Stew

Answer 1

Hi ssssstew,
As Hasham has indicated, we might need to see your code. sqlcmd does not support multiple concurrent writings to the same file.
However, you might try this trick from Madhivanan at SQLServerCurry:
http://www.sqlservercurry.com/2011/11/sql-server-handling-multiple-result.html
Turn your query into a stored procedure:
create procedure test
as
select 1 as id, 'test1' as name
select 2 as id, 'test2' as name
When you execute this procedure, it returns two result sets. The following code will copy these two result sets in a table variable.
Then execute it and send the select * from that table to the output file instead:
declare @t table(id int, names varchar(100))
insert into @t
exec test
select * from @t ---output to file
Hope this helps