diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 4e33fa2..14b87d7 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
 version: 2
 updates:
   - package-ecosystem: "uv"
-    directory: "/" # Location of package manifests
+    directory: "/"  #  Location of package manifests
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
diff --git a/bcpandas/constants.py b/bcpandas/constants.py
index ba3d1e3..67fe9dd 100644
--- a/bcpandas/constants.py
+++ b/bcpandas/constants.py
@@ -63,15 +63,25 @@ class BCPandasValueError(BCPandasException):
 """
 
 
-def get_delimiter(df: pd.DataFrame) -> str:
-    for delim in _DELIMITER_OPTIONS:
+def get_delimiter(df: pd.DataFrame, additional_char: Optional[str] = None) -> str:
+    delims = (
+        _DELIMITER_OPTIONS + (additional_char,)
+        if additional_char is not None
+        else _DELIMITER_OPTIONS
+    )
+    for delim in delims:
         if not df.map(lambda x: delim in x if isinstance(x, str) else False).any().any():
             return delim
     raise BCPandasValueError(error_msg.format(typ="delimiter", opts=_DELIMITER_OPTIONS))
 
 
-def get_quotechar(df: pd.DataFrame) -> str:
-    for qc in _QUOTECHAR_OPTIONS:
+def get_quotechar(df: pd.DataFrame, additional_char: Optional[str] = None) -> str:
+    qcs = (
+        _QUOTECHAR_OPTIONS + (additional_char,)
+        if additional_char is not None
+        else _QUOTECHAR_OPTIONS
+    )
+    for qc in qcs:
         if not df.map(lambda x: qc in x if isinstance(x, str) else False).any().any():
             return qc
     raise BCPandasValueError(error_msg.format(typ="quote", opts=_QUOTECHAR_OPTIONS))
diff --git a/bcpandas/main.py b/bcpandas/main.py
index 4b94801..2957a1b 100644
--- a/bcpandas/main.py
+++ b/bcpandas/main.py
@@ -435,8 +435,8 @@ def to_sql(
     if index:
         df = df.reset_index()
 
-    delim = get_delimiter(df) if delimiter is None else delimiter
-    _quotechar = get_quotechar(df) if quotechar is None else quotechar
+    delim = get_delimiter(df, additional_char=delimiter)
+    _quotechar = get_quotechar(df, additional_char=quotechar)
 
     # save to temp path
     csv_file_path = get_temp_file(work_directory)
diff --git a/bcpandas/utils.py b/bcpandas/utils.py
index 5b3250f..625b4f5 100644
--- a/bcpandas/utils.py
+++ b/bcpandas/utils.py
@@ -135,7 +135,11 @@ def bcp(
     bcp_command_log_msg = sub(r"-P,\s.*,", "-P, [REDACTED],", bcp_command_log)
     logger.info(f"Executing BCP command now... \nBCP command is: {bcp_command_log_msg}")
     ret_code, output = run_cmd(bcp_command, print_output=print_output)
-    if ret_code != 0:
+    errors_check = [
+        True if "Error = [Microsoft][ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server]" in x else False
+        for x in output
+    ]
+    if ret_code != 0 or any(errors_check):
         raise BCPandasException(
             f"Bcp command failed with exit code {ret_code}",
             details=[line for line in output if line.startswith("Error =")],