Can I use SQL Server to create a txt file on the c drive. Can sql server do nay kind of file handling. Is there a command that i can use in my background job to automatically create a txt file that will show data from a particular table.
Never done it before .. Any ideas...
Help is appreciated.
Thanks
Hello,
what is the procedure needed to create a log file that will log all events such as "what table was updated? when was it updated? who (nt user account) updated it? what record in the table was updated? what was the old value? new value?what caused an odbc error?....
I use access as a front end.
I would really appreciate an answer.
Thank you for your time,
Joe!
When I try and run SP__SaveDTS, all I get is page after page of this. Anyone know how to fix this?
Usage: dtsrun /option [value] [/option [value]] ...
Options ('/?' shows this screen; '-' May be substituted for '/'):
Package retrieval:
/~S Server Name
/~U User Name
/~P Password
/E <Use trusted connection instead of /U /P>
/~N Package Name
/~M Package Password
/~G Package Guid String
/~V Package Version Guid String
/~F Structured Storage UNC filename (overwritten if /S also specified)
/~R Repository Database Name <uses default if blank; loads package from repository database>
Package operation (overrides stored Package settings):
/~A Global Variable Name:typeid=Value <may quote entire string (including name:typeid)>
/~L Log file name
/~W Write Completion Status to Windows Event Log <True or False>
DTSRun action (default is to execute Package):
/!X <Do not execute; retrieves Package to /F filename>
/!D <Do not execute; drop package from SQL Server (cannot drop from Storage File)>
/!Y <Do not execute; output encrypted command line>
/!C <Copies command line to Windows clipboard (may be used with /!Y and /!X)>
Notes:
~ is optional; if present, the parameter is hex text of encrypted value (0x313233...)
Whitespace between command switch and value is optional
Embedded whitespace in values must be embedded in double-quotes
If an option is specified multiple times, the last one wins (except multiple /A)
NULL
I am using BCP and it works just fine. I get a txt file with tab seperated fields. Can i specify the character positions or lengths of each field so that all my fields line up at the same positions.
Help is appreciated.
I created a stored procedure with the below
declare @filename varchar(50),
@bcpcommand varchar(2000)
set @filename = 'c:
eportmedia.txt'
print @filename
set @bcpcommand = 'bcp "select * from table" queryout "'+ @filename -U -P'
exec master..xp_cmdshell @bcpCommand
I have created a package which extracts data from a table and creates several files. This works fine on my PC (WinXP SP2), but when i deploy it to the server it doesn't work. I have also tried to create the package from scratch on the server as the administrator and it still has the same problem. Anyone have any ideas?
View 7 Replies View Relatedusing publication from server one to server two. On server one, I have several directories with bcp files. Can the older files and directories be deleted?
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I want to use CLR for developing database object such as stored procedures.
I have read the "Getting Started with CLR Integration" from MSDN help and successfully create my first procedure.
I create an assembly in SQLServer2005 with this code:
CREATE ASSEMBLY helloworld from 'c:helloworld.dll' WITH PERMISSION_SET = SAFE
My questions are :
How should I deal with helloworld.dll after creating Assembly?
Can I delete this file?
What should I do for uploading my application on the webserver?
Should I upload any .dll file?
We run std 2008 r2, I need to recreate flat files from their varbinary(max) equivalents in our db. I have a mix of excel, pdf, word etc to recreate. Will ssis be a good tool for doing this? I'm wondering what transform(s) would be involved.
Perhaps I need to cast to varchar 1st and then land the data but if I recall correctly there is a maximum record length in ssis destination flat file rows. And I'm thinking I would have to map the varbinary (or cast equiv) to a row in the destination once for each file created.
Connection to SQL server files (*.mdf) require SQL express 2005 to function properly. please verify the installation of the component or download from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=49251
I AM GOING TO RIP MY HAIR OUT WITH THIS PROBLEM. I have reinstalled both sql server express 2005 and VWD about 5 times with the same problem. please, please, please someone throw me a bone here and help me resolve this problem.
When I create a new EMPTY website and I rightclick on my website in the solution explorer and choose add item, I chooe SQL Database, I give it a name 'database.mdf' and click add. I get the following message:
you are attempting to add a database to an asp.net application. for a database to be gfenerally consumable in your site, it should be placed inside the 'app_data' folder. would you like to place the database inside the 'app_data' folder? I click YES (I know this message is normal)
then I get the following message:
Connection to SQL server files (*.mdf) require SQL express 2005 to function properly. please verify the installation of the component or download from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=49251
I can add anything else but this damn mdf file.
thanks for all your help in advance.
Hi All,
any suggestion on creating date time stamped files names for backup file.
I want to create new file for daily backups with date time stamp so i can use Maintenance plans to clean older files in each 4 month cycle.
thanks,
Hi all,
I tried to create a CSV file using Bulk Copy Program (BCP) and Stored Procedures: BCP executed from T-SQL using xp_cmdshell. I have the following sql code executed in my SQL Server Management Studio Express and error message:
--scBCPcLabResults.sql--
declare @sql varchar(8000)
select @sql = 'bcp ChDbLabResults out
c:cpChDbLabResults.txt -c -t, -T -S' + @@.SQLEXPRESS
exec master..xp_cmdshell @sql
Msg 137, Level 15, State 2, Line 3
Must declare the scalar variable "@@".
=========================================================================================
--scBCPcLabResults.sql--
declare @sql varchar(8000)
select @sql = 'bcp ChDbLabResults out
c:cpChDbLabResults.txt -c -t, -T -S' + @@SQLEXPRESS
exec master..xp_cmdshell @sql
Msg 137, Level 15, State 2, Line 3
Must declare the scalar variable "@@SQLEXPRESS".
===================================================================
I copied this set of code from a tutorial article that says "@@servername". My Sql Server is SQLEXPRESS, so I put @@.SQLEXPRESS or @@SQLEXPRESS in the code of scBCPcLabResults.sql.
I do not know why I got an error {Must declare the scalar variable "@@"} or {Must declare the scalar variable "@@SQLEXPRESS"}!!!??? Please help and advise me how to solve this problem.
Thanks in advance,
Scott Chang
I have a scenario, need to create SQL server Tables dynamically.
I Have multiple xml data file on a particular location, and want to load those XML data into sql server tables, but he metadata of each xml data files are not same.
Hence the approach is that,
1. Pick first file from that location
2. Create a table according to that xml data file metada
3. load data on newly created table.
4. Pickup the next xml data files.
5. loop through, till the XML data files are exists on that location.
I proposed on a new server that we separate Data Files, Log Files, tempDB, Backups, etc. onto separate LUNS on a SAN with High Speed Solid State Drives.I was told that with the new technology with solid state SAN's that it would decrease performance and that it did not work the same way as it did when you had RAID 5's etc.I thought that if things were cared out correctly by a SAN Administrator they would know how to configure for optimal performance.
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Any Suggestions?
In the first step of my SSIS package I need to get files from FTP and dump it/them in a local directory, but it's more than that, the logic is like this:
1. If no file(s) found, stop executing and send email saying no file(s) found;
2. If file(s) found, then compare it/them with existing files in our archive folder; if file(s) already exist in archive folder, stop executing and send email saying file(s) already existed, if file(s) not in archive folder yet, then transfer it/them to the local directory for processing.
I know i have to use a script task to do this and i did some research and found examples for each of the above 2 steps and not both combined, so that's why I need some help here to get the logic incorporated right.
Thanks for the help in advance and i apologize for the long lines of code!
example for step 1:
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' Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services Script Task
' Write scripts using Microsoft Visual Basic
' The ScriptMain class is the entry point of the Script Task.
Imports System
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Math
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.Wrapper
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Wrapper
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.FileSystem
Imports System.IO.FileSystemInfo
Public Class ScriptMain
' The execution engine calls this method when the task executes.
' To access the object model, use the Dts object. Connections, variables, events,
' and logging features are available as static members of the Dts class.
' Before returning from this method, set the value of Dts.TaskResult to indicate success or failure.
'
' To open Code and Text Editor Help, press F1.
' To open Object Browser, press Ctrl+Alt+J.
Public Sub Main()
Dim cDataFileName As String
Dim cFileType As String
Dim cFileFlgVar As String
WriteVariable("SCFileFlg", False)
WriteVariable("OOFileFlg", False)
WriteVariable("INFileFlg", False)
WriteVariable("IAFileFlg", False)
WriteVariable("RCFileFlg", False)
cDataFileName = ReadVariable("DataFileName").ToString
cFileType = Left(Right(cDataFileName, 4), 2)
cFileFlgVar = cFileType.ToUpper + "FileFlg"
WriteVariable(cFileFlgVar, True)
Dts.TaskResult = Dts.Results.Success
End Sub
Private Sub WriteVariable(ByVal varName As String, ByVal varValue As Object)
Try
Dim vars As Variables
Dts.VariableDispenser.LockForWrite(varName)
Dts.VariableDispenser.GetVariables(vars)
Try
vars(varName).Value = varValue
Catch ex As Exception
Throw ex
Finally
vars.Unlock()
End Try
Catch ex As Exception
Throw ex
End Try
End Sub
Private Function ReadVariable(ByVal varName As String) As Object
Dim result As Object
Try
Dim vars As Variables
Dts.VariableDispenser.LockForRead(varName)
Dts.VariableDispenser.GetVariables(vars)
Try
result = vars(varName).Value
Catch ex As Exception
Throw ex
Finally
vars.Unlock()
End Try
Catch ex As Exception
Throw ex
End Try
Return result
End Function
End Class
example for step 2:
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' Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services Script Task
' Write scripts using Microsoft Visual Basic
' The ScriptMain class is the entry point of the Script Task.
Imports System
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Math
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime
Public Class ScriptMain
' The execution engine calls this method when the task executes.
' To access the object model, use the Dts object. Connections, variables, events,
' and logging features are available as static members of the Dts class.
' Before returning from this method, set the value of Dts.TaskResult to indicate success or failure.
'
' To open Code and Text Editor Help, press F1.
' To open Object Browser, press Ctrl+Alt+J.
Public Sub Main()
Try
'Create the connection to the ftp server
Dim cm As ConnectionManager = Dts.Connections.Add("FTP")
'Set the properties like username & password
cm.Properties("ServerName").SetValue(cm, "ftp.name.com")
cm.Properties("ServerUserName").SetValue(cm, "username")
cm.Properties("ServerPassword").SetValue(cm, "password")
cm.Properties("ServerPort").SetValue(cm, "21")
cm.Properties("Timeout").SetValue(cm, "0") 'The 0 setting will make it not timeout
cm.Properties("ChunkSize").SetValue(cm, "1000") '1000 kb
cm.Properties("Retries").SetValue(cm, "1")
'create the FTP object that sends the files and pass it the connection created above.
Dim ftp As FtpClientConnection = New FtpClientConnection(cm.AcquireConnection(Nothing))
'Connects to the ftp server
ftp.Connect()
'ftp.SetWorkingDirectory("..")
ftp.SetWorkingDirectory("directoryname")
Dim folderNames() As String
Dim fileNames() As String
ftp.GetListing(folderNames, fileNames)
Dim maxname As String = ""
For Each filename As String In fileNames
' whatever operation you need to do to find the correct file...
Next
Dim files(0) As String
files(0) = maxname
ftp.ReceiveFiles(files, "C: emp", True, True)
' Close the ftp connection
ftp.Close()
'Set the filename you retreive for use in data flow
Dts.Variables.Item("FILENAME").Value = maxname
Catch ex As Exception
Dts.TaskResult = Dts.Results.Failure
End Try
Dts.TaskResult = Dts.Results.Success
End Sub
End Class
I have the need to delete old backup files via TSQL job. Found this solution online:
PushD "
emoteservershareDIFF" &&(
forfiles -m *DIFF*.sqb -d -1 -c "cmd /c del /q @path"
) & PopD
It works remotely if I run it via command prompt. But when I add this to a TSQL job on my remote SQL instance, it runs without deleting anything. What I'm missing?
Brief overview...Running SQL Server 2003 Server Enterprise 64 bit - All Service Packs and patches current
SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition 64 bit Build Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - 9.00.3054.00 (X64) Mar 23 2007 18:41:50 Copyright (c) 1988-2005 Microsoft Corporation Enterprise Edition (64-bit) on Windows NT 5.2 (Build 3790: Service Pack 2)
I cannot import any SSIS packages nor crete any new folders under stored packages. I hve googled the news groups and looked at BOL to no avail. HELP!!!!
I am thinking about replacing the INSERT data scriptfiles that I have with XML files. This way I can open the XMLfile using an XML Editor and see the values in a GRID andmake changes easier.Do you see any problem with this approach?I managed to put together some code that is exportinga SQL table with its data to an XML file and also a codethat reads the XML file's data and inserts it into a table.Now I am researching on XSD, td:datatype, DTD...(I am new to XML) in order to figure out how I canuse a single xml file that will hold both the sql serverfields, the datatypes and their values.If you have links to some sample code that has anythingto do with the datatype export and import I am workingon, can you please share them with me?Most importantly what do you think about the idea of usingXML files vs sql scripts?Thank you
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Hi,
If I want to automatically insert a record which has default value in a table,
how can I create the trigger?
I am wanting to reduce the amount of Virtual Log Files I have. In reading through the Online Book Documentation, I realize that I have forgotten to move the Transaction Log Files to a different drive. Now that the server is in production, I wanted to get some input about the best way of making this change.
Can I just change the directory the log files are being written to in the DB properties without having any adverse problems occurring?
Hi!
I'm using replication with two database on SQL 2000,when begin, the log files size is 50mb and the data files size is 150mb. But now the log files size is 2Gb and the data files size is 4Gb. I would like to decrease the log files and the data files ??? How do i do this???
(I using Truncate and shrink doesn't change )
Thanks!!!
I need to write codes to access many image files and wave files and display them on the webpage. Both of these files are stored on the server (as many experts in this forum adviced) and their locations are in the SQL server database. About the wav files, I think I will have to convert them to MP3 first for fast delivery on internet. Since I am a newbie, any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
I have a problem with bcp and format files.We changed our databases from varchar to nvarchar to support unicode. Noproblems so fare with that. It is working fine.But now I need a format file for the customer table and and it is notworking. It is working fine with the old DB with varchar, but withnvarchar I'm not able to copy the data. The biggest problem is, that Igot no error message. BCP starts copying to table and finished withouterror message.This is my table:CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Customer] ([ID] [int] NOT NULL ,[CreationTime] [datetime] NULL ,[ModificationTime] [datetime] NULL ,[DiscoveryTime] [datetime] NULL ,[Name_] [nvarchar] (255) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AI NULL ,[Class] [int] NULL ,[Subclass] [int] NULL ,[Capabilities] [int] NULL ,[SnapshotID] [int] NOT NULL ,[CompanyName] [nvarchar] (255) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AI NOTNULL ,[TargetRCCountry] [nvarchar] (255) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AINOT NULL ,[LocationID] [int] NULL ,[MirrorID] [binary] (16) NULL ,[DeleteFlag] [bit] NULL ,[AdminStatus] [bit] NULL) ON [PRIMARY]GOand this is the format file:8.0131 SQLINT 1 12 "#~@~#" 1 ID ""2 SQLDATETIME 1 24 "#~@~#" 2 CreationTime ""3 SQLDATETIME 1 24 "#~@~#" 3 ModificationTime ""4 SQLDATETIME 1 24 "#~@~#" 4 DiscoveryTime ""5 SQLNCHAR 2 510 "#~@~#" 5 Name_SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS6 SQLINT 1 12 "#~@~#" 6 Class ""7 SQLINT 1 12 "#~@~#" 7 Subclass ""8 SQLINT 1 12 "#~@~#" 8 Capabilities ""9 SQLINT 1 12 "#~@~#" 9 SnapshotID ""10 SQLNCHAR 2 510 "#~@~#" 10 CompanyNameSQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS11 SQLNCHAR 2 510 "#~@~#" 11 TargetRCCountrySQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS12 SQLINT 1 12 "#~@~#" 12 LocationID ""13 SQLBINARY 1 33 "#~@~#
"13 MirrorID """#~@~#" is the field terminator. We have a lot of text files with allkind of charachers in it. So we think this is a set that will neveroccur in our files.Thanks for your help!*** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com ***Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for it!
Hi All,
Are there any MDS Descriptor Files associated with Databases Files? Are these associated with transaction logs? As per my information there are .mdf , .ndf and .ldf files.Could anyone please guide me ASAP,as there is an urgent requirement from one of the clients?
Thanks in Advance
Gaurav Matkar
Is there a way to do this with some sort of task ?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI'm using script task to rename files inside foreach loop files,code like shown below
Dim file As New System.IO.FileInfo(CStr(Dts.Variables("User::FileName").Value))
dim newname as string = Split(file.Name, "_")(0) & ".jpg"
Dts.Variables("User::outputname").Value = file.DirectoryName & "" & newname
Then,i use ftp task to send files,but prompt "the variables User::outputname doesn't contains file path(s)"
I tried to use file system task to perform that,but failed either
Rename file operation in file system only can rename a file in a specified location,who can help me?
TIA
Hi gurus,
I've created a linked server (and set up the corresponding schema.ini file) in order to perform bulk-inserts from some CSV text files into SQL tables (from my standpoint the text files are just for reading purposes). The linked server works fine (I can select the data in the files without a problem).
Now the question: is possible to automatically detect when one or more of those files change in order to start the import process automatically? Something like having a trigger created on the CSV files Or there's no easy way to do that so I have, to say something, to create a Job that periodically checks if the files have changed programatically (say, recording each file's timestamp everytime is imported and comparing the recorded value with the current one, or whatever)?
Thanks a lot in advance!
I am in need of creating a new user for stored procedures execution say sa (to whom i am in need of creating under my user defined db)
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I might have a rather strange question but I was wondering if there is a way/tool that can be used to convert/import Word documents (.doc) into Reporting Services report files (.rdl). The problem is that I have lots of Word documents containing e.g. survey question. The reports are very extensive with many pages and many "graphical" objects e.g. rectangles etc.. Now I want to have all these reports imported into Reporting Services, i.e. I want the .doc-files to be converted to .rdl-files. I do not want to use e.g. OfficeWriter but I want the .doc-files to be migrated to the rdl-format. Is that possible, is there a tool for this? Both file formats are Microsoft formats, so there should be a conversation tool right?
Best Regards
Lars
Hi!
I'm using SQL Server 2000!
How to know then Data files size and Log files size by Store Procedures or Sql query?
Thanks!
Hi,I have a User Defined Datatype, which I want to use to define anotherdata-type. I tried the obvious:EXEC sp_addtype@typename = UDT_OBJECT_ID,@phystype = 'NUMERIC (5)',@nulltype = 'NULL'GOEXEC sp_addtype@typename = UDT_TRACKING_NUM,@phystype = UDT_OBJECT_ID,@nulltype = 'NOT NULL'GObut that didn't work :Msg 15036, Level 16, State 1, Server SKINNER, Procedure sp_addtype, Line 186The data type UDT_OBJECT_ID does not exist.Has anyone done this before,Thanks,Rowland.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI am new to SQL Server and have a few questions:
1) We have given our clients the option to create a scheduled job for a future date. When this occurs, the jobID, the new action for the job, and the future date is inserted into a table aptly called 'Scheduling'. What we are hoping SQL Server can do is the following:
Query the 'Scheduling' table based on the current date to see if there are any jobs that need their actions updated.
If ( 1 ) returns a recordset, update the job's action in the 'Jobs' table with the new action
Delete the rows that were queried and updated from the 'Scheduling' table
I am assuming I can do this using the schedule Jobs (excuse the irony) in SQL Server Management. Is this true?
2) I having been playing with TSQL to do the previous mentioned. My other question is how can I query the database using the current date? For example, the date in the database is entered as "mm/dd/yyyy" and I can query it using the following: SELECT * FROM Scheduling WHERE Date='6/30/2006', which will return the recordsets that I desire. If I can schedule SQL Server to do this, then how will I query it based on today's date? SELECT * FROM Scheduling WHERE Date="today's date". I tried the function GETDATE(), but that didn't seem to work. Any ideas?
Thanks