> > the binary form of the BCP file output is undocumented. So if all the BCP > files you have are the binary(native) version you are up this creek without > a paddle. > > Ugh. Yes it looks like that's the creek I am on. Thanks Microsoft!
> So, moving to another creek. It depends on the amount of data you are > working with, but it might be worth it to spin up a VM in the cloud on AWS, > Azure, etc that has SQL Server on it and import the BCP files there. You > could then export the data using the character format instead of the native > format: > Man that really sucks but if it's the only way then I guess it's the only way.
