Can I run a VBS script in a scheduled SQL Job?

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Can I run a VBS script in a scheduled SQL Job?

jbalbo

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July 6, 2018 at 11:17 am

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Hi
I have a vbs script that runs fine in the command line(It uses CuteFTP to upload a file )
I tried to run in a scheduled SQL job it gets no errors but produces no output
I tried to put "cscript c:\scripts\beacon.vbs" in a .bat file and run the .bat in CMDexec
Figuring I could use Active X script ????
any ideas would be great
Thaks
Joe

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Alejandro Santana SSCommitted Points: 1838 More actions · Answer 1

jbalbo - Friday, July 6, 2018 11:17 AM
Hi
I have a vbs script that runs fine in the command line(It uses CuteFTP to upload a file )
I tried to run in a scheduled SQL job it gets no errors but produces no output
I tried to put "cscript c:\scripts\beacon.vbs" in a .bat file and run the .bat in CMDexec
Figuring I could use Active X script ????
any ideas would be great
Thaks
Joe

Why don't you just set a task in Task Scheduler at the operating system to run it whenever you need it?

I think using the SQL Server Agent to run stuff that don't belong to the SQL instance is bad practice.

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jbalbo SSCertifiable Points: 7583 More actions · Answer 2

Thanks
My idea was step one moves a file, then 2 runs the ftp script , then if it fails, for some reason, I could get a notice

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Alejandro Santana - Friday, July 6, 2018 11:49 AM
I think using the SQL Server Agent to run stuff that don't belong to the SQL instance is bad practice.

I have diametrically the opposite opinion. What makes you say that it's a bad practice?

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jbalbo - Friday, July 6, 2018 12:31 PM
Thanks
My idea was step one moves a file, then 2 runs the ftp script , then if it fails, for some reason, I could get a notice

Does your SQL Server agent actually have access to the directory where the script is?

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July 6, 2018 at 1:31 pm

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Yes I just checked agin

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Jeff Moden - Friday, July 6, 2018 1:20 PM
Alejandro Santana - Friday, July 6, 2018 11:49 AM
I think using the SQL Server Agent to run stuff that don't belong to the SQL instance is bad practice.
I have diametrically the opposite opinion. What makes you say that it's a bad practice?

+1 🙂

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Jeff Moden - Friday, July 6, 2018 1:20 PM
Alejandro Santana - Friday, July 6, 2018 11:49 AM
I think using the SQL Server Agent to run stuff that don't belong to the SQL instance is bad practice.
I have diametrically the opposite opinion. What makes you say that it's a bad practice?

I believed that running stuff that didn't belong to the instance of SQL server in the long run would be tedious, but after reading his answer i told to myself that one indeed pays more attention to the SQL server agent than the server task scheduler, and it's as he says.

My idea was step one moves a file, then 2 runs the ftp script , then if it fails, for some reason, I could get a notice

Its more effective about handling if it fails or if it succeeds.

And if migrating the SQL Instance you would be thinking more of the jobs than the task scheduler tasks.

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jbalbo - Friday, July 6, 2018 1:31 PM
Yes I just checked agin

My idea was step one moves a file, then 2 runs the ftp script , then if it fails, for some reason, I could get a notice

You have a script that makes the whole task? If so, try to make a .bat and with that .bat call the main task.
example: starttask.bat > maintask.bat.

if that doesn't work you could try using xp_cmdshell from SQL Server and putting it in a job like you said earlier.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/system-stored-procedures/xp-cmdshell-transact-sql?view=sql-server-2017