Xcopy
Mar 2, 2004hi,
I have the following statement:
exec xp_cmdshell 'xcopy f:dataackup est1.bak \server2ackup /c'
it works in command prompt but not in QA. i tried dir on both the machines, it works fine.
harshal.
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Can I XCopy SQL CE 3.5? Yes And No, See Message.
Jan 31, 2008I was hoping to upgrade my SQL CE from 3 to 3.5 for my PPC and desktop applications. However, when I went to XCopy to another desktop I got errors. First, error was that the System.Data.SqlServerCe.dll is not enough, so I copied the other dlls too. Then I got provider not installed error. I do not want to install, I just want to XCopy.
So I searched the newsgroups and online help. I tested using ClickOnce and that worked only because it installed SQL CE for me... but I want to just XCopy.
Next I commented out my code that uses LINQ and just used the old data adapter way to get data and it worked.
I use the same connection string:
"Data Source=C:=test.sdf;Password=sa2008;Persist Security Info=True;Encryption Mode=PPC2003 Compatibility;Max Database Size=4000"
1. Using old way to get data works with XCopy
2. Using LINQ way to get data DOES NOT work with XCopy
Seems that LINQ requires that SQL CE be installed on the desktop to work.
Is this true?
(I know LINQ is not support with SQL CE at this time, but it's sure nice to use)
One other problem I noticed is that I can compile and run my LINQ to SQL CE solution just fine in VS.Net 2008 express, but the same solution gives me a compile error without details as to why when compiled in VS.Net 2008 Pro.
,,,Bydia
Xp_cmdshell With Xcopy Returns 2, Why?
Apr 8, 2008According to the documentation, xp_cmdshell returns 0 if success or 1 if it fails, so I was curious as to why I was getting a return value of 2 when using it with xcopy. So in my t-sql code, if I have something like
@result = master..xp_cmdshell 'xcopy c: est.txt c:Program Files'
The result would return 2. Then if I check if @Result is not equal to 0, it would say their is an error when I am not sure if there was one. I did read on a faq that xcopy expects input from the user, which is normally provided at the command prompt through a return after the command and this behavior can me mimicked by adding "< NUL:" after the command text, which will effectively signal the XCOPY input stream, so the above command becomes:
@result = master..xp_cmdshell 'xcopy c: est.txt c:Program Files < NUL: '
I am still unsure why the @result would return a 2 though?
Also, if I am not going into any subdirectories, is their an advantage of copy over xcopy and vice versa?
If anyone has any info, please let me know, I am using Sql Server 2000.
Thanks in advance,
XaiSoft
Xcopy Can Not Copy File From Another Computer
Oct 18, 2007sql server 2000
when I run under SQL in sql analyser
exec master.dbo.xp_cmdshell 'c:mssqldata est_data_mdf \server1data /y'
return : invalid drive specification
but I can run 'c:mssqldata est_data_mdf \server1data /y' from CMD
any solution?
Thx
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go
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Exec Master.dbo.xp_cmdshell N'Xcopy C:@folder1 C:@folder2 /i'
Mar 7, 2008
Hi All,
I am writing a stored procedure which accepts 2 parameters -
Current version(.....for example V53)
UpgradeTo version(.....for example V61)
Using these 2 inputs --I need to create a directory V61 by copying directory V53
for this specific example it would go like this-------------
exec master.dbo.xp_cmdshell N'Xcopy c:V53 c:V61 /i'
Now if i want to make a dynamic query for this ...
how do i go about it?
declare @folder1 varchar(255)
declare @folder2 varchar(255)
declare @xcopytext varchar(255)
SET @folder1 = 'V53'
set @folder2 = 'V61'
set @xcopytext = N'Xcopy "c:@folder1" "c:@folder2" /i'
exec master.dbo.xp_cmdshell @xcopytext
This gives the error :
File Not Foundfolder1
How do I integrate dynamic query with XCopy functionality ?
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