"Koni Kogan" <kkogan@haiint.com> wrote in message
news:Omsjt3DhGHA.4404@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> The tables in the publication and subscription dbs are identical. This
> seems like an old bcp 'unreadable' characters problem... Anybody help?
>
> Error messages:
> The process could not bulk copy into table '"dbo"."eh_RetailSales"'.
> (Source: MSSQL_REPL, Error number: MSSQL_REPL20037)
> Get help: http://help/MSSQL_REPL20037
> Field size too large
> To obtain an error file with details on the errors encountered when
> initializing the subscribing table, execute the bcp command that appears
> below. Consult the BOL for more information on the bcp utility and its
> supported options. (Source: MSSQLServer, Error number: 20253)
> Get help: http://help/20253
> bcp "DwStageSql4"."dbo"."eh_RetailSales" in
> "e:\MSSQL\ReplData\unc\SQL5_EMIOPER_EMIOPER4DWSTAGE\20060530173785\eh_RetailSales_12#1.bcp"
> -e "errorfile" -t"\n<x$3>\n" -r"\n<,@g>\n" -m10000 -SSQL6\Y -T -w
> (Source: MSSQLServer, Error number: 20253)
> Get help: http://help/20253

Hilary Cotter wrote:

> Did you try to bcp this in?
>