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How to suppress hyphens in SQLCMD

How can I suppress hyphens (------------) from the results set of this sqlcmd command:

C:\temp>sqlcmd -d AdventureWorks -s ";" 
 -Q "SET NOCOUNT ON SELECT top 5 FirstName, LastName FROM Person.Contact;"
FirstName                                         ;LastName
--------------------------------------------------;----------------------------
Gustavo                                           ;Achong
Catherine                                         ;Abel
Kim                                               ;Abercrombie
Humberto                                          ;Acevedo
Pilar                                             ;Ackerman

C:\temp>
Solution

  • I don't think there's any option available to achieve this - you'll have to live with those headers, I'm afraid.