Hi,
I have just started using MSSQL and the DOS environment at work. I have
a lot of experience with Sybase and the UNIX environment, but this is a
whole new ball of wax.
I'd like to use osql from a batch file to log into the dataserver and
run a fairly long list of SQL and then exit. I don't want to have a bunch
of SQL files sitting around that I have to use the -i option to run, and
I'd rather not create temporary SQL files like this.
I can't use the -Q option, of course because as I said, I'll be writing
quite a few lines of SQL, and it won't all fit on the one line, or at least
it wouldn't be pretty if I did.
In UNIX, I can simply execute the following from either the command line
or in
a script.
isql -S<DATASERVER> -U<USER> <<-EOF
sp_who
go
select * from .....
go
EOF --EOF is the isql session terminator exits me back to the command line.
This behavior does not appear to work with OSQL. There is a -O option
which help mentions, and that talks about disabling the EOF terminator for
batch processing, but I wasn't able to find any usage or examples on the net
where someone is using EOF to terminate their OSQL SQL batch.
This is what help listed.
[-O use Old ISQL behavior disables the following]
<EOF> batch processing
Auto console width scaling
Wide messages
default errorlevel is -1 vs 1
Any help you could offer would be appreciated. Thanks.
the 'myscript.sql' file updates a table with another table of the exact number of rows.
When the scheduled task runs, the 'mytrans.log' file shows 0 rows were affected.
If I run this myself from the command line, 22,000 rows are affected which is correct.
I am guessing there is some sort of permission/authentication issue here. I am sending the right username/password for SQL and for windows to run the task.
osql -E declare @cmd nvarchar(1000) declare @cmd2 nvarchar(1000) declare @state1 varchar(100) declare @message varchar(100) set @message = '' -- Build command to determine state of SQLSERVERAGENT service on Master Server SET @CMD = 'create table #state (state varchar(2000))' + char(10) + 'declare @cmdx varchar(1000)' + char(10) + 'insert into #state EXEC master..xp_servicecontrol ''''QueryState'''', ''''SQLSERVERAGENT''''' + + char(10) + 'select @state=state from #state' + char(10) + 'drop table #state' -- Build command to execute command that determines state of service being monitored set @cmd2 = 'declare @state varchar(100)' + char(10) + 'exec ' + rtrim(@@servername) + '.master.dbo.sp_executesql N''' + @CMD + ''',' + 'N''@state varchar(100) out'',' + '@state out' + char(10) + 'set @state1 = @state' -- Execute command and return state of service being monitored exec master.dbo.sp_executesql @cmd2,N'@state1 varchar(100) out',@state1 out -- Is the service that was monitored not IF (UPPER(@state1) <> 'RUNNING.') --if @state1 <1 'Running.' begin -- Display message that primary monitor is down select @message = @message+char(13)+ @@servername + ' -' + 'Sql Server Agent Not Running'+char(13) print 'Master server "' + rtrim(@@servername) + '" for monitoring is not available.' exec master.dbo.xp_smtp_sendmail
It works fine when I run it on the command line prompt. And I receive a mail , if the server agent is running.
But when I save it as bat file and try to run , it stops and doesnot even give an error.
Hi all,This is my first batch file and I want to query a database and outputit in a textfile. Up to now that works, the only problem is theformatting in the text file. It's all screewed up...lines aren't linedup and columns aren't right....how do you format the result from aquery to a text file. Here's my code:osql.exe -S MYMACHINE -w 30 -E -d Demo2 -Q "select * from Title wherefrequency = 'monthly'" -o "C:output.txt"Thanks....JMT
1. Almost in every SB example you will see this sql :
BEGIN TRANSACTION
WAITFOR (
RECEIVE TOP (1)
@MessageType = message_type_name,
@Message = message_body
FROM [Queue1]
WHERE conversation_handle = @ConversationHandle
), timeout 5000;
If this sql in an activated sp do you really have to have the waitfor ? Since the sp will only be fired if there is a message on the queue ?
2. It is reccomended that for high volume SB apps you do not do a top(1) receive but process batches. Exactly what is the best practice to do this. Receive a batch into a table variable and then what ? Process through it with a cursor ? That is not very efficient either, i would just like some insight into batch queue processing as everywhere i have seen uses top (1) from the queue ?
How to launch MSOLAP cube processing in batch mode? ================================================== =
When one wants to run SQL Statement or Stored procedure in batch mode, OSQL.exe can be used.
Now we have created OLAP cube and want to process(populate) cube. From MSOLAP Analysis manage we can right click a cube name then click “Process”. But how to do this in batch mode? I.e. any equivalent thing of OSQL.exe to help process cube?
I believe a matured tool should work good in both interactive and batch mode. Unfortunately I did not find how to launch cube processing from MS OLAP documents. Looks like we have to write one using DSO supplied by Microsoft. Do you know if there is any tool for us not to write one? Pls help.
Hi, I need to import an SQL string from MS Excel 2003 to SQL SERVER 2000. The string I need to import is composed by 5 different several blocks and looks like:
The detail of the SQL string is at: http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/showpost.aspx?postid=2093921&siteid=1&sb=0&d=1&at=7&ft=11&tf=0&pageid=1
I am trying to implement OJ's suggestion: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2117223&SiteID=1 to use multi - batch processing to import the string to SQL SERVER, something like:
Code Snippet Dim SqlCnt, cmd1, cmd2, cmd3 'set the properties and open a connection
cmd1="use my_db" cmd2="create table mytb" cmd3="insert into mytb"
I need to take a variable from a tabel in SQL Server pass to a Batch file and execute the batch file. Right now I can exec the batch file with XP_CMDSHELL but how can I pass the variable to the batch file and loop through all the variables.
I am using the following batch file to execute a script that creates a db and all its objects in the local sql express:
sqlcmd -S (local)SQLExpress -i C:CreateDB.sql
This works fine, but I'm wondering if there's an easy way to put the script in the batch file, so users don't have to worry about putting the script in the C drive. I tried getting rid of the i parameter and pasting the script from the sql file into the batch file, but it didn't work.
I want to distriburte a msde database. When doing so, I also want to make a new login, make a user, make the user the dbowner of the database i installed.
I found the Stored procedures I need to use, and I have tested that it works using OSQL.
What I want to do now is to make this automatic. After installing the database the OSQL commands should be executed and no user interference should be necessary. How can that be done ?
I have several sql scripts to be executed on a set schedule, with the output directed to a text file. If the schedule triggers this process daily, is it possible to append each days output to the same output file? I've researched the osql switches and various online sources...nothing really covers this.
This is done (relatively) easily with .vbs, but so far it looks tougher with TSQL.
i'm trying to execute some scripts created by the express studio script wizard. i can connect with the studio, the website (asp worker) but i can't create the right cmdline for osql ..... this is my osql line ......
when i try to put in the trust conenction parameter is says that it conflicts with the user flag ,. probably because its a differant type of login process. any ideas?
using osql utility i have converted a table in database to excel format. I have also chinese data in my database . The problem is while converting the data into excel format ,the chinese data is not comming in excel sheet. Does anybody have an idea about this . For converting i have used
declare @x varchar(300) set @x = 'osql -S Servername -U username -P passwd -q "select * from northwind..region order by cand_index" -w 3000 -s "," -o C:directoryfilename.csv'
Hi all I am using osql utility in sql server 2000 to convert data in database to excel sheet. My datas contain both english and chinese . While converting to excel sheet english datas are comming but the datas in chinese is comming like (?) this. Does any body has any idea to solve this problem. is there any way to set font in osql utility.
set @x = 'osql -S servername -U username -P password -q "select * from
northwind..region" -w 3000 -s "," -o C:Downloaddownload.csv' This is what i have used. Note: I tried giving chinese font in excel still it is not working. Its really urgent pls reply thanks
I was trying to run this script from a dos batch file under win xp but it's not working. Please help with the syntax. ================================================== ======= OSQL -U sa -P samsde -S firebird /Q "RESTORE DATABASE NAVIMEX FROM DISK = 'C:30704' WITH
REPLACE, MOVE'NAVIMEX_Data' TO 'C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL
ServerMSSQLDataNAVIMEX_Data.MDF',MOVE 'NAVIMEX_Log' TO 'C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL
"osql -b will specifies that OSQL exits and returns a DOS ERRORLEVEL value when an error occurs. The value returned to the DOS ERRORLEVEL variable is 1 when the SQL Server error message has a severity of 10 or greater; otherwise, the value returned is 0."
my question is : how can I get the DOS ERRORLEVEL.
example:
C:>isql -E -b -Q"backup log pubs to disk='C:adsfasd.tmp'"
the result:
Msg 4208, Level 16, State 0, Server YANG, Line 1 当恢复模型为 SIMPLE 时,不允许使用 BACKUP LOG 语句。请使用 BACKUP DATABASE 或用 ALTER DATABASE 更改恢复模型。 Msg 3013, Level 16, State 1, Server YANG, Line 1 BACKUP LOG 操作异常终止。
It's in chinese language,means "can not use BACKUP LOG when the restore model being SIMPLE,you can use ALTER DATABASE or BACKUP DATABASE to change the restore model. Msg 3013, Level 16, State 1, Server YANG, Line 1 BACKUP LOG aborted"
Hello All, A VERY green SQL Server DBA here looking for some help. Our main production environment is Oracle, which utilizes Control-M as a scheduler. At the end of the Oracle batch process, we would like to automate a process to kick off a sql server job (perhaps via osql??) Is this possible?
I run a script with Osql and got no error but the accent caracter (french message) are modified.
the script is CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.AccentTest AS Print('é à è î ï ù') GO and come CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.AccentTest AS Print('Θ α Φ ε ∩ ∙') GO :o This is very bad! Can someone can help me? Any suggestion? PLease.....
Is there any advantage of running an SQL statement through osql with the database information over using dynamic sql?
Example:
DECLARE @DB Varchar(50) DECLARE @SQL Varchar(4000) SET @DB = '<nvr_changing_server>.<my_dynamic_db_name>' SET @SQL = 'SELECT admissiontype_id AS atype, admissiontype AS atype_desc, start_date, end_date INTO tlkAdmitType FROM <nvr_changing_server>.<nvr_changing_DB>.dbo.tlkAdmissionTypes'
DECLARE @DB Varchar(50) DECLARE @SQL Varchar(4000) SET @DB = '<nvr_changing_server>.<my_dynamic_db_name>' SET @SQL = 'SELECT admissiontype_id AS atype, admissiontype AS atype_desc, start_date, end_date INTO ' + @DB +'.dbo.tlkAdmitType FROM <nvr_changing_server>.<nvr_changing_DB>.dbo.tlkAdmissionTypes'
EXEC(@SQL)
The purpose of all this is...I need to pass a parameter for the DB that I will be inserting into...here we create a new db with a specific name based on quarterly data. We collect, crunch, validate data and ship it. Then when it's old we archive it then eventually delete it.
I have written a script that makes this quarterly build less painful. In fact I won't have to do it! :)...our Sr. Data Analysts will do it now. In order for this beautiful thing (*in my mind anyway*) to work they need to set parameters for which data to pull and where to put it. The DB is scripted into existance and the data is moved into it. So therefore they need to enter the Qtr,Yr and dbname. I have done DSQL before on smaller scripts and I am just curious if the expert pool here can shed some light on this approach. The script will most likely be run in a DTS SQL Task.
I created a sql script that transfers data from my test system to production adn vice versa. I would like to use OSQL and be able to pass parameters to the SQL script.
Example: param 1 = test; param 2 = production.
Can anyone tell me if this is possible and how to do it?
Locally executing osql to create db files on a remote Webserver, I get this error:
41> 42> 43> 44> 45> Meldung 916, Ebene 14, Status 1, Server USER-EQ9OV60EMF, Zeile 12 Server user 'Robse_Testlogin' is not a valid user in database 'msdb'.
(The above is german and translates into "Message 916, Level 14,..., Row 12")
At first I'd like to justify myself - I'm rather a greenhorn in MS SQL ;-) What I'd like to do is to create a very simple spool file from my database. I'd like to do this using OSQL tool and it's very important for me to have the spool file in the same format as it was earlier when I used Oracle and simple spool command. And it's almost the same, but white spaces... There's always one white space at the begining of each line and at least one at the and of each line. I've been trying many OSQL switches and ltrim(..) / rtrim(..) functions but the problem still exists... The spool file is rather big - around 300MB so it's not good idea to use SED (for example) to remove white spaces. So my question: IS IT POSSIBLE TO REMOVE WHITE SPACES COMPLETELY USING OSQL SPOOL?
Hi,I have several big tables with rows more than 25 mil rowsand to update/delete/insert data in these tables,it can take minutes.I use BULK Insert/DELETE/Update with osql.While I run one of these updates,if I try to select, it seems like both read and write get locked.Shouldn't SQL resolve this kind of locking?I left these to see if it gets resolved but both never returned.So I need to kill these processes.Does anyone have any scripts to find how long queries are running?Also I need to make osql timeout and tried -t but it didn't work.I used -t 1200 with DELETE in osql but it was running for more than 40minutes. So I killed it and ran DBCC DBREINDEX on the table and re-ranit and it worked.Shouldn't the query get killed after 10 minutes?What is exactly -t option for ?thanks,
I have some long running scripts which I fire at my database using osql.(These are big files and mostly doing inserts but some also do a few otherthings.) It would be nice to have some activity indication (other than thedisk activity light) that these are running. When I used to use Oracle,their equivalent to osql had an option to print a dot (without a carriagereturn) for every "n" statements. This gave a nice "I'm alive" indicator. Ican simulate this by adding a few "print" statements in my sql, but printalways adds a carriage return. Does anyone know a way of doing a print butwithout the addition of a CR (or CR/LF)? So that a second "print" sends itsoutput to the same line as the first?I know this is a nicety and I can live without it, but it would be nice.thanks in advance,Brianwww.cryer.co.uk/brian
I have a question. I am doing some work for someone and I have a batchfile that they can run that will execute an OSQL line and a DTSRUNline. In both lines I run them using the /S /U /P switches and ofcourse the /N or /i switch to tell it what to run. I have also triedreplacing the /U /P switches with the /E switch.My problem is that as long as I specify the users password on the OSQLline (either with /U & /P or with /E & /P) it will run. If I try andjust use the /E it will say password failed for DOMAIN/USER . Ok, Idon't really care I can specify the password and the script will run.However no matter what I do the DTSRUN line will not run, it gives methis same password error.I can run this line just fine on my PC on my network and my domainusing just the /S /E switches.Any ideas as to why it will work for OSQL but not DTSRUN?Thanks in advance.