SQLCMD and Batch File magic

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  • There is one more approach I have tried

    Keep all the .sql files in one .sql file with their path as given below:

    ON Error EXIT /*if you want to exit when an error occurs*/

    :SETVAR Path "C:\Users\Master Data Scripts\Scripts"

    :r $(Path)\1.0.sql

    Go

    :r $(Path)\2.0.sql

    Go

    .........So on so far

    Then run the below command in cmd

    sqlcmd -S SERVERNAME -d DATABASENAME -U USERNAME -P PASSWORD -i "c:\Users" -r1 2> c:\Users\Master Data Scripts\scripts\03.Master Data Script Using Files.sql" -r1 2> c:\Users\Master Data Scripts\Scripts\Error.log 1>NUL

    It will also create a folder having all the errors.

    Hope this helps...

  • Good work. I'm curious why you chose batch language instead of powershell.

  • Try this in Powershell: this basic functionality is relatively simple to learn.

    You'll never go back to .bat

  • Excellent:short,elegant, simple to configure

    Yes, can do another version in powershell with more bells and whistles, but this is perfect . Five stars.

  • It's a great technique. I've been doing similar for years.

    I've recently recreated it in PowerShell, but keep having to revert to batch files as clients don't have up to date systems and getting the OK to install/upgrade powershell components isn't easy on public sector servers!

  • I've been running something similar but with a run-once flag file for safety.

    Darragh

    ECHO OFF

    IF EXIST _FLAG.TMP GOTO ALREADYRUNLABEL

    GOTO OKTORUNLABEL

    :ALREADYRUNLABEL

    ECHO This SQL update batch file has already been run once.

    ECHO Please contact R+D for support.

    GOTO END

    :OKTORUNLABEL

    sqlcmd calls here

    ECHO. |TIME > _FLAG.TMP

    :END

    ECHO

    ECHO Execution finished.

  • It would be nice if someone posted both the Powershell and the bat script in the same article.

    This .bat approach is very helpful

    Thanks!

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  • Hello falk

    I have a batch file running sqlcmd and use Windows schedule task to trigger it every 30 minutes.

    My issue is that for an unknown reason the batch file is not running from the scheduler, it is giving me a very general error 0x1.

    If I run the batch file manually works perfect but the scheduler is not triggering

    I already checked path location batch name. Those basis stuff

    Any ideas ?

  • Great article

    Powershell fans: write this same type of article using powershell instead and publish it here. Then readers will have easy reference to two great ways to accomplish this.

  • vivasjimmy (11/19/2015)


    Hello falk

    I have a batch file running sqlcmd and use Windows schedule task to trigger it every 30 minutes.

    My issue is that for an unknown reason the batch file is not running from the scheduler, it is giving me a very general error 0x1.

    If I run the batch file manually works perfect but the scheduler is not triggering

    I already checked path location batch name. Those basis stuff

    Any ideas ?

    Check permissions.

    run a command to see if the scheduler is working: echo %time% test >> c:\test-output.txt

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  • vivasjimmy - I've encountered this in the past.

    Look at permissions and get your task to be owned and executed by an account with the appropriate permissions.

    You may have to add an account to run tasks.

    Windows Scheduler will need you to supply the account name and password, so make sure the password does not expire.

  • The Powershell would look something like this. I haven't tested it (the -o part may need some work).

    One problem with the *.SQL files-in-this-folder approach is that one may run into dependency issues: the files will be ordered alphabetically (or sorted on some other file property).

    To get around this, I explicitly add files to an array; they are then applied in the inserted order.

    #@@echo off

    # Note: this does not work in the PowerGUI application. It does work when this file is run as a .ps1

    $scriptPath = Split-Path -parent $myInvocation.myCommand.definition

    #del errors /f /s /q

    #rd Errors

    $ErrorFolder = "$scriptPath\Error"

    if (Test-Path -Path $ErrorFolder) {Remove-Item -Path $ErrorFolder -Force}

    #md Errors

    New-Item -Name "Errors" -ItemType Directory -Path $scriptPath

    $SqlFiles = Get-ChildItem -Path $scriptPath -Filter "*.SQL"

    $Databases = ("DATABASE1", "DATABASE2") #...."DATABASEn"

    #FOR %%A IN (*.SQL) DO ( sqlcmd -S SERVERNAME -d DATABASE1 -U username -P password -i "%%A" -o "Errors\%%AError_DB1.txt" -I )

    #FOR %%A IN (*.SQL) DO ( sqlcmd -S SERVERNAME -d DATABASE2 -U username -P password -i "%%A" -o "Errors\%%AError_DB2.txt" -I )

    foreach ($Database in $Databases)

    {

    foreach ($File in $Files)

    {

    $OutFile = "$ErrorFolder\$($File.Name)_DB1.txt"

    &sqlcmd -S ServerName -d $Database -U userName -P password -i $File -o $OutFile -I

    }

    }

  • Here is my solution, might need some improvements.

    @echo off

    cls

    set /p SName=Server Name :

    set /p UName=User Name :

    set /p Pwd=Password :

    set /p DbName=Database Name :

    :begin

    if exist _Deploy.txt del _Deploy.txt

    IF [%SName%] == [] set SName=localhost

    IF [%DbName%] == [] set DbName=master

    ECHO %SName%

    @echo off

    dir /b *.sql > _Deploy.txt

    if exist _Run.txt del _Run.txt

    IF [%UName%] == [] GOTO Trusted

    GOTO NonTrusted

    :Trusted

    for %%f in (*.sql) do sqlcmd.exe -S %SName% -E -d %DbName% -i "%%f" >>_Run.txt

    GOTO Output

    :NonTrusted

    for %%f in (*.sql) do sqlcmd.exe -S %SName% -U %UName% -P %Pwd% -d %DbName% -i "%%f" >>_Run.txt

    GOTO Output

    :Output

    @notepad _Run.txt

    @notepad _Deploy.txt

    :end

  • I would like to suggest that instead of hard coding server names, user names etc. define them as variables.

    Then call a separate configuration file where the variables are assigned the values based on the environment parameter

    That way, the same set of scripts can be run in dev, test, uat, staging, production and postproduction without any change to the batch files, thus minimizing errors.

    PowerShell would be nice, but it is still not ubiquitous enough as mentioned in a previous comment.

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