How to write batch (*.bat) script to execute Teradata query using BTEQ? - sql

Question

Below is the content of my script.bat :
#echo off
cd C:\Program Files\Teradata\Client\13.0\bin
bteq .LOGON server/username,password;
select date;
.LOGOFF
#echo off goto end
:end #echo exit
I have no problem with the logon, but it seems that bteq can't read my query statement:
select date;
It keeps prompting for input. Can anyone help me to get bteq to read and execute the query statement?
I've tried the solutions online about input and output file:
bteq <myscript.txt> mylog.log
but it didn't work either.

Answer 1

You are going to need two files, one is a batch and the other one are the commands.
Batch file:
echo off
cd C:\bteq_directory\
bteq < c:\commands.txt > c:\output.txt 2>&1
#echo off goto end
:end #echo exit
Commands:
.LOGON server/username,password
select date;
.LOGOFF
EDIT:
Removed semicolon after .LOGON...

Answer 2

This is a bit late, but here is what I've found:
I save my BTEQ script in a file called BTScript.txt:
.LOGON <servername>/<username>,<password>;
.SET WIDTH 20000;
.SET separator '|';
.EXPORT FILE = C:\TEMP\testBTEQ.txt;
SELECT top 10 * ATABLENAME;
.LOGOFF
.EXIT
The setting of width is needed to prevent the data being truncated, it will not go to 20000 chars if the record isnt that long.
To run this I execute (my pc is set up to allow me to double click on the file in windows explorer to do this) on a .bat file the content of which are:
echo off
bteq < C:\temp\BTScript.txt > c:\temp\bteqscriptout.txt 2>&1
#echo off goto end
:end #echo exit
The second file referred to here will contain the output from BTEQ.