SQL Server 2008 :: Check If File Exists Using Script Task
Mar 17, 2015
I need to create a script task in sql server 2008 R2 to check if a file exists in a directory. For example, to see if output.dat exist under c:results. If the file exists, then send out an email stating the file exists, if not then send out another email stating the file does not exists.I noticed there is a huge difference between the script task in sql 2005 and sql 2008 r2.
I need to check if a file exists (using a filename pattern as the filename will be dynamic) in a directory.
I am trying to use the File.Exists() method in a Script Task. However, it does not allow me to do something like - File.Exists("C:Files*.xls") Or File.Exists("C:Filesabc*.xls")
I wanted to create a package to copy the objects from one database to another and replace those object if they already exist. Therefore, before the package executes you do not know whether all the objects exist on the target server or only some of them.
Using the 'Transfer SQL Server Objects Task' I have found that I cannot get this to execute cleanly by itself. If I set the 'DropObjectsFirst' to false then an error is thrown if the object exists and if I set it to true then an error is thrown if it does not exist.
In order to get round this I have had to create an 'Execute SQL Task' to list all the objects and then go through them dropping them on the target server in a for each loop before executing the 'Transfer SQL Server Objects Task' with 'Transfer SQL Server Objects Task' set to false.
However, is there a better way of achieving this or am I missing something in the 'Transfer SQL Server Objects Task'?
DECLARE @File_Exists INT EXEC Master.dbo.xp_fileexist 'serverBSQL_Backupfile.bak', @File_Exists OUT print @File_Exists 1
And if check folder, can use "nul", but it doesn't work for UNC path
DECLARE @File_Exists INT EXEC Master.dbo.xp_fileexist 'serverBSQL_Backupul', @File_Exists OUT print @File_Exists 0
If use xp_subdirs like:
EXEC master.dbo.xp_subdirs 'serverBSQL_Backups'
If the folder doesn't exists, Msg 22006, Level 16, State 1, Line 3 xp_subdirs could not access 'ServerBSQL_Backups*.*': FindFirstFile() returned error 67, 'The network name cannot be found.'
how to check if UNC folder exists in Backup? in my code I want to check if the unc folder exists before doing backup, the unc path is retrieved from other table or backup history.
In SSIS, I need an easy way to see if a file exists, and if not wait for it until a timeout period expires. Here are the options I've discovered, along with the issues I've had:
a) The File Watcher task from www.sqlis.com
This was my first attempt. The task works great, BUT only detects when there is a change on the file. If the file already exists, it keeps waiting which is not the behavior I need. b) The WMI Event Task
There is very sparce documentation on this event and how to write a WQL query. There are numerous examples of monitoring a folder and if any files appear, cause an event to happen. I need to detect for a specific file. I found maybe one example of this using "PartComponent" but wasn't able to get the sytax right to make it work for me. I also need to access a remote file share using a UNC path (e.g. \servernamepathfile.txt) which I could not get to work. c) Script Task using the File.Exists() method
I imported the System.IO namespace, and used a File.Exists(\servernamepathfile.txt) with actual success, but am not sure of the best way to continue to wait if the file is not found immediately. I also want to modularize this approach so I can wait for several files simultaneously so was thinking of implementing this script task as a package by itself to accept variables (filepath & timeout period) but need to know if anyone has had success with this approach. I'm open to suggestions or ways to get options a) and b) to work for my needs. Thanks! Kory
Historically I've always written a VB script to copy a file from a sharepoint library. I don't like this method because I have to input a username & password in the script and maintain a config file.
Yesterday I was playing around with using a file system task. The sharepoint file has a UNC path so why not? I created a simple test package with a single file system task that copies the sharepoint file (addressed via UNC) to another network location. Package runs fine locally.
I try running on our utility server but am getting a "The file name [SHAREPOINT UNC PATH] specified in the connection was not valid" error. Package is running with a proxy on the server and the proxy account has the same permissions to the sharepoint site (so far as I can tell) as me.
DECLARE @File_Exists INT EXEC Master.dbo.xp_fileexist 'serverBSQL_Backupfile.bak', @File_Exists OUT print @File_Exists
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And if check folder, can use "nul", but it doesn't work for UNC path
DECLARE @File_Exists INT EXEC Master.dbo.xp_fileexist 'serverBSQL_Backup ul', @File_Exists OUT
print @File_Exists 0
If use xp_subdirs like:
EXEC master.dbo.xp_subdirs 'serverBSQL_Backups'
If the folder doesn't exists,
Msg 22006, Level 16, State 1, Line 3 xp_subdirs could not access 'ServerBSQL_Backups*.*': FindFirstFile() returned error 67, 'The network name cannot be found.'
How to check if UNC folder exists in Backup? in my code I want to check if the unc folder exists before doing backup, the unc path is retrieved from other table or backup history.
I'm trying to call WinSCP in a SSIS Execute Process Task using a .bat file to automate. SSIS is returning a generic failure error message ("Error: 0xC0029151 at Execute Process Task, Execute Process Task: In Executing "MyServerC$Program Files (x86)WinSCPWinSCP.exe" "-script=MyNASShareWinSCPFTP.bat " at "", The process exit code was "1" while the expected was "0"."). So now I'm trying to run the .bat file by itself. Unfortunately, the command prompt rushes by so fast that I can't see what the server is doing.
I can't find anything on the WinSCP site that indicates how to slow down the .bat file processing or log the remote server responses. I do see how to use the /log switch when using the interactive command line console, but that's not what I want to do.
I have a package which is creating a excel file 'ExcelName.xls' and storing in 'E:ReportingDelivered_Reports'. Now I have to attach this report using send mail task and send it to given mail id. To achieve this I have configured the send mail task and in Expression Builder, I have selected the below expression:
I need file name should be 'ExcelName_20150601' where suffix is the current date. But I recieve file which name is 'ExcelName', which is the original file name.
I am trying to check if a view exists on a linked server using sys.views. I tried to fully qualify it but that produces an error telling me the below, which both the database name is correct as well as the server name. Is it possible to obtain a list of views from a linked server connection? Msg 7314, Level 16, State 1, Line 321 The OLE DB provider "SQLNCLI10" for linked server "alpha" does not contain the table ""salesdata"."sys"."views"". The table either does not exist or the current user does not have permissions on that table.
SQL Server 2008 is the server I want to query from and sql server 2000 is the server I want to query even if I try to use this syntax it still produces the above said error
Code: select count(*) from alpha.salesdata.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.VIEWS
I also tried to qualify the views by using the below and still same error
Code: select count(*) from alpha.salesdata.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.VIEWS where table_schema = 'dbo'
I want to know through applicaiton how to check whether the Server named"Myserver" is Exists with Database named "MyDatabase" with Tables named ('Table1','Table2','Table3').
For any Database like (MS Access, Oracle, MS SQL-Server,MySQL)..
Let me apologize in advance for what I know is a very basic question, but so far I'm not being terribly successful trying to find sample code to learn from.
I'm trying to write (my first!) .Net Script in SSIS to check for the existance of a file (since that seems to be the only way to do it).
I've created the Script Task, with the following settings:
PrecomplieScriptIntoBinaryCode = False (it complained at one point in time (possibly on validation))
Let me apologize in advance for what I know is a very basic question, but so far I'm not being terribly successful trying to find sample code to learn from.
I'm trying to write (my first!) .Net Script in SSIS to check for the existance of a file (since that seems to be the only way to do it).
I've created the Script Task, with the following settings:
PrecomplieScriptIntoBinaryCode = False (it complained at one point in time (possibly on validation))
Could you tell me which code of vb scrip that i can check file size as follow ?
Dim FSO, Fyl Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set Fyl = CreateObject("File")
If FSO.FileExists("C: emplcbseg.log") Then Set Fyl = FSO.GetFile("C: emplcbseg.log") If Fyl.Size > 0 Then Main = DTSStepScriptResult_ExecuteTask Else Main = DTSStepScriptResult_DontExecuteTask End If End if
create table #temp1 (name varchar(5), id int) insert into #temp1 (name, id) ( select 'a', 5 union select 'a', 8
[code]....
As a result I would need every name from #temp2, where both searchred id's (5 & 8) from #temp1 are included.In this example i would like to get 'e' as a result, because in #temp2 'e' has the id's 5, 8 and 25.I've tried using cross apply, but cross apply returns every Name that have one of the ids... in this case it would also return 'c'...
Selectdistinct b.name from( Selectdistinct name , id from#temp1 wherename = 'a' ) as a cross join( Selectdistinct name , id from#temp2 ) as b wherea.id = b.id
I like writing concise and compact sql code without cursors if possible. My current dilemma has me stuck though.I have 3 tables, but one of them is optionally used and contains a key element of TimeOut to determine which Anesthesia CrnaID to use. It is the optionally used part that has me stumped.
Surgery table CaseID Patient (Sample data: 101,SallyDoe 102,JohnDoe)
AnesthesiaTime table (this table is optionally used, only if the crna's take a break on long cases) CaseID CrnaID TimeIn TimeOut (Sample data: 102,Jack,0800,1030 102,Bart,1030,1130 102,Jack,1130,1215)
Select Patient INNER JOIN Anesthesia produced too many case results. So, I figured out there is an AnesthesiaTime table that only gets used if the anesthesia guys take time-outs. That doesn't happen all the time. I could use TOP 1 on the Anesthesia table, but technically I need to read the AnesthesiaTime table and locate the last time and pull that crna, Jack. I'm not sure how to deal with an optional table. I believe the IF Exists will be pertinent, but not sure of how to build this query. I've tried subquery without success.
I am deploying programatically an Excel 2007 file to a SQL Server 2005 Reporting Server. The problem is that if a file with the same name already exists, that file isn't replaced. I would like the opposite to happen. I'm using the following code:
--Executable
set svr=http://w3sdwsqld1/reportserver set src_fld="\w3sdwsqld1\deploy\SAD\ECRANS\UPDATES_20061127_190000\Ecrans\AM\Associados\" set dest_fld="Associados" set script="\w3sdwsqld1\deploy\SADECRANS\UPDATES_20061127_190000\Ecrans\AM\Associados\PublishReports.rss" REM Sample: deploy.bat http://w3sdwsqld1/reportserver "\w3sdwsqld1\deploy\SAD\ECRANS\UPDATES_20061127_190000\Ecrans\AM\Associados\" "Associados" "\w3sdwsqld1\deploy\SADECRANS\UPDATES_20061127_190000\Ecrans\AM\Associados\PublishReports.rss" for /R %src_fld% %%f in (*.xlsx) do rs -i %script% -s %svr% -v ParentFolder=%dest_fld% -v reportP="%%~nf" -v path=%src_fld% PAUSE
--rss Code
' ' Script Variables ' ' Variables that are passed on the command line with the -v switch: ' ' (a) parentFolder - corresponds to the folder that the script creates and uses ' to contain your published reports
' (b) reportP - corresponds to the report to publish
Dim ROOT As String = "/SAD/Ecrans/Ecrans/AM"
Dim definition As [Byte]() = Nothing Dim warnings As Warning() = Nothing Dim parentPath As String = ROOT + "/"+ parentFolder Dim filePath As String = path Dim report As String = reportP
'Create the parent folder Try rs.CreateFolder(parentFolder, ROOT,Nothing) Console.WriteLine("Parent folder {0} created successfully", parentFolder) Catch e As Exception
Console.WriteLine(e.Message)
End Try
'Create shared data source 'CreateSampleDataSource("Solucao_Integrada", "OLEDB-MD", "Data Source=dwareas1;Initial Catalog=SAD_Solucao_Integrada")
'Publish the sample reports PublishReport(report)
End Sub
Public Sub CreateSampleDataSource(name As String, extension As String, connectionString As String) 'Define the data source definition. Dim definition As New DataSourceDefinition() definition.CredentialRetrieval = CredentialRetrievalEnum.Integrated definition.ConnectString = connectionString definition.Enabled = True definition.EnabledSpecified = True definition.Extension = extension definition.ImpersonateUser = False definition.ImpersonateUserSpecified = True 'Use the default prompt string. definition.Prompt = Nothing definition.WindowsCredentials = False
Catch e As Exception Console.WriteLine(e.Message) End Try
End Sub
Public Sub PublishReport(ByVal reportName As String) Try Dim stream As FileStream = File.OpenRead(filePath + reportName + ".xlsx") Console.WriteLine(reportName)
definition = New [Byte](stream.Length) {} stream.Read(definition, 0, CInt(stream.Length)) stream.Close()
Catch e As IOException Console.WriteLine(e.Message) End Try
Catch e As Exception Console.WriteLine(e.Message) Console.WriteLine("Failed to publish report") End Try End Sub --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Our database crashed this morning and went into recovery mode.how I can track the progress of the recovery to determine how long it might take?The error log shows that it started up all the databases, then shows the recovery messages fr the msdb database, then shows that sql server is ready for client connections. I don't see any messages about my database recovery or the number of transactions to roll forward or background. If i run the sys.sp_readerrorlog and search for my database name, the only line returned is the starting up database message.
I do expect the database to take a while to recovery as it is about 8TB, there is plenty of free disk space about 3TB.The database started recovery while a transaction log backup was running so that backup failed,the last transaction log backup was taken 2 hours before recovery started. The last full backup completed about 5 days ago. The transaction log backup occurs every 2 hours and is typically around 16GB.
I'm SQL Server 2005 newbie, could you be so kind and help me how to write the most efficient way stored procedure, which checks by PK if specified row exists, then updating the row, otherwise inserting new one.
i have 70 SQL database servers and i setup DB Mail on the 70 Servers, i want to know is there a way to find the status of all the jobs which i assigned the DB Mail and if its working/failing... is there a script i can run on powershell or SQL to find out that information
I am working now on optimization of an update query for a particular table and I want to measure the number of page splits after each update. How to check it?
I have groups of records in a table, and I would like to set a necessary condition on each group. The condition is that EXACTLY ONE of the records in each group has a flag field set to True (bit = 1). I can naturally write triggers for update, insert and delete events that test for such a condition.
Something along the lines of this condition:
(select count(ClovekAutoID) from TableOfClovekNames tCN where JeHlavni = 1 group by ClovekAutoID having COUNT(JeHlavni ) > 1) = 1In fact,
I tried this just on whim, but naturally, the SS engine told me to go roll my hoop, that subqueries are not allowed in constraint expressions.
I have to figure out the items that Legal Name implies individual but Legal Entity Structure indicates a incorporation type. In this sample, you can see Alexander, Justin N. is my target. But my problem is how should I use a query to figure out which one is a individual's name? How should I write a function to check the name format (Last, First Middle)?
Legal Name ////////////////////////////////////// Legal_Entity_Struct
S & H Farm Supply, Ltd.////////////////////////////Company F.M.Abbott Power Equipment,Co.///////////////Company Ray's Dixie Chopper, Inc.////////////////////////// Company Alexander, Justin N. ///////////////////////////////// Company Alameda Power Equipment, Inc.//////////////// Company