Calling VBScript or command file from within T-SQL without xp_cmdshell??

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Calling VBScript or command file from within T-SQL without xp_cmdshell??

Helmut Nielsen

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January 26, 2009 at 8:44 am

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Hi
Can someone give me a hint if it's, in any way, possible to call up a vbscript without using xp_cmdshell....and in that case how to do it
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H

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004406 More actions · Answer 1

If you have VB, you could convert the script to a CLR... I'm sure there's other ways, but I don't know what they are.

What I'd be more interested in finding out is what the VB Script does... chances are, there just might be a way to do the same thing without the VB Script.

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Lowell SSC Guru Points: 323518 More actions · Answer 2

As Jeff said, chances are whatever you were going to do, you could do it in tSQL;

outside of that, you can use sp_OACreate to run vbscripts, or an executable, or call a dll...it depends on what you wanted to try and do.

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Helmut Nielsen SSC Eights! Points: 816 More actions · Answer 3

Thanks for the answers....

I think I might have found the solution for the vbscript part...but still one big thing remains..to be able to call up BCP utility command for bulk copy from within a stored procedure. I want to generate an xml based output file from some tables in my database (runtime) and for that part I have also used xp_cmdshell....any ideas how to replace that xp_cmdshell call for BCP at runtime ?

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004406 More actions · Answer 4

You still haven't answered my question... what does the VB Script do? Also, which direction is the BCP in?

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)