xp-cmdshell

Is there way to get file from windows xp command prompt? I tried to run xp_cmdshell 'type [path to file]' but then when i insert theese data into other file and renaming it to file.exe (that is executable) it does not work. Any suggestions how to get file contents in such way that i can use it? You could use BULK INSERT on the file and treat the file as a table with one row and one column. This should allow you to read the file directly into a VARBINARY field Like this: CREATE TABLE FileRead ( content VARBINARY(MAX) ) BULK INSERT FileRead FROM [FilePath] This requires SQL Server to have access

I am creating files with xp_cmdshell like this: SELECT @command = 'echo ' + @fileContent + ' > e:\out\' + @fileName + '.csv' exec master.dbo.xp_cmdshell 'mkdir "e:\out\"' exec master..xp_cmdshell @command The problem is that the file contents is not in UTF-8 and so some special characters are wrong. Can i create the file in UTF-8 encoding? You can use the SQLCMD instead the old tecnique as DOS outupt redirect sqlcmd -S ServerName -d DataBaseName -E -o "CSV File Path & Location" -Q "Your Query" -W -w 4000 -s ";" -f 65001 the switch -f 65001 indicate to use UTF8 as outfile file SELECT @command =

I know this command will create a directory: EXEC master.sys.xp_create_subdir 'C:\testing\' But how do I check whether 'C:\testing\' exists? IF EXISTS(... CREATE TABLE ResultSet (Directory varchar(200)) INSERT INTO ResultSet EXEC master.dbo.xp_subdirs 'c:\' Select * FROM ResultSet where Directory = 'testing' Will return a list of sub directories, you can then check the contents of the list. 来源： https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13765911/how-do-i-check-if-a-directory-exists-using-sql-server

I am trying to read in a text file from an SQL query (SQL Server 2005) but am not having any luck at all. I've tried various things with EXEC and xp_cmdshell, but all aren't working. This is the general way I've tried to approach this: CREATE TABLE temp (data varchar(2000)); INSERT temp EXEC master.dbo.xp_cmdshell 'type file.txt'; I then try to select data from the temp table. I've searched around a lot and I can't tell what I'm getting wrong. Help? What does your text file look like?? Each line a record? You'll have to check out the BULK INSERT statement - that should look something like: