Works fine in SSMS - Zero records in agent job - xp_dirtree

  • Hi,

    If I run this in SSMS it returns 7000 file names (works great):


    -- ##############################################################################
    -- BEGIN - Dump entire file tree of the documents folder into a SQL table
    -- ##############################################################################
    IF OBJECT_ID(N'tempdb..#dirs') IS NOT NULL
    BEGIN
    DROP TABLE #dirs;
    END;

    IF OBJECT_ID(N'tempdb..#directoryTree') IS NOT NULL
    BEGIN
    DROP TABLE #directoryTree;
    END;

    DECLARE
    @BasePath VARCHAR (1000)
    , @Path VARCHAR (1000)
    , @FullPath VARCHAR (2000)
    , @Id INT;
    --This is your starting point.
    SET @BasePath = '\\balhblah.net\ns\public\Documents\Letter\LOAs\';

    --Create a temp table to hold the results.
    IF OBJECT_ID( 'tempdb.. #DirectoryTree' ) IS NOT NULL
    DROP TABLE #DirectoryTree;

    CREATE TABLE #DirectoryTree (
    id INT IDENTITY (1, 1) PRIMARY key
    , fullpath VARCHAR (2000)
    , subdirectory NVARCHAR (512)
    , depth INT
    , isfile BIT
    , ParentDirectory INT --JIF 2020-09-11
    , flag TINYINT DEFAULT(0)

    );

    --Populate the table using the initial base path.
    INSERT #DirectoryTree ( subdirectory, depth , isfile )

    -- jpw 2020 10 26 - trying nodeb... not reliable to use stageB
    EXEC sqlnodeb.master.sys.xp_dirtree @BasePath, 0, 1;

    PRINT '# rows from DirTree: ' + CAST(@@ROWCOUNT AS VARCHAR(500))



    DELETE FROM servenameb.TestOutput

    INSERT INTO sqlnodeb.pecDevSupport.jwenzlick.TestOutput
    (
    fullpath
    , subdirectory
    , depth
    , isfile
    , ParentDirectory
    , flag
    )
    SELECT fullpath, subdirectory, depth, isfile, ParentDirectory, flag FROM #DirectoryTree

    UPDATE #DirectoryTree

    SET ParentDirectory = (

    SELECT MAX(ID) FROM #DirectoryTree
    WHERE DEPTH = d.Depth - 1 AND ID < d.Id)

    FROM #DirectoryTree d;


    -- SEE all with full paths
    WITH dirs AS (

    SELECT

    ID,subdirectory,DEPTH,isfile,ParentDirectory,flag

    , CAST (NULL AS NVARCHAR(MAX)) AS CONTAINER

    , CAST([subdirectory] AS NVARCHAR(MAX)) AS dpath

    FROM #DirectoryTree

    WHERE ParentDirectory IS NULL

    UNION ALL

    SELECT

    d.Id,d.subdirectory,d.depth,d.isfile,d.ParentDirectory,d.flag

    , dpath AS CONTAINER

    , dpath +'\'+d.[subdirectory]

    FROM #DirectoryTree AS d

    INNER JOIN dirs ON d.ParentDirectory = dirs.id

    )

    SELECT * INTO #dirs FROM dirs;

    UPDATE #DirectoryTree SET fullpath = @BasePath
    FROM #DirectoryTree
    JOIN #dirs ON #dirs.id = #DirectoryTree.id
    WHERE #dirs.depth = 1 AND #dirs.isfile = 1 AND #dirs.ParentDirectory IS NULL;

    UPDATE #DirectoryTree SET fullpath = @BasePath + dpath
    FROM #DirectoryTree
    JOIN #dirs ON #dirs.id = #DirectoryTree.id
    WHERE #dirs.depth > 1 AND #dirs.isfile = 1 AND #dirs.ParentDirectory IS NOT NULL;

    /*
    UPDATE #DirectoryTree SET fullpath = @BasePath;
    --Loop through the table as long as there are still folders to process.
    WHILE EXISTS
    (
    SELECT id FROM #DirectoryTree WHERE isfile = 0
    )
    BEGIN
    --Select the first row that is a folder.
    SELECT
    TOP(1)
    @Id = id
    , @FullPath = fullpath
    , @Path = @BasePath + '' + subdirectory + '\'
    FROM #DirectoryTree
    WHERE isfile = 0;
    IF @FullPath = @Path
    BEGIN
    --Do this section if the we are still in the same folder.
    INSERT #DirectoryTree
    (
    subdirectory
    , depth
    , isfile
    )
    EXEC master.sys.xp_dirtree @Path, 0, 1;
    UPDATE #DirectoryTree SET fullpath = @Path WHERE
    fullpath IS NULL;
    --Delete the processed folder.
    DELETE FROM #DirectoryTree WHERE id = @Id;
    END;
    ELSE
    BEGIN




    --Do this section if we need to jump down into another subfolder.
    SET @BasePath = @FullPath;
    --Select the first row that is a folder.
    SELECT
    TOP(1)
    @Id = id
    , @FullPath = fullpath
    , @Path = @BasePath + '' + subdirectory + '\'
    FROM #DirectoryTree
    WHERE isfile = 0;
    INSERT #DirectoryTree
    (
    subdirectory
    , depth
    , isfile
    )
    EXEC master.sys.xp_dirtree @Path,0, 1;
    UPDATE #DirectoryTree SET fullpath = @Path WHERE
    fullpath IS NULL;
    --Delete the processed folder.
    DELETE FROM #DirectoryTree WHERE id = @Id;
    END;
    END;
    */

    -- ##############################################################################
    -- END - Dump entire file tree of the documents folder into a SQL table
    -- ##############################################################################

    IF OBJECT_ID(N'tempdb..#authDocs') IS NOT NULL
    BEGIN
    DROP TABLE #authDocs;
    END;

    -- now that we have the full file directory - lets find only documents that actually have auth numbers in the file name
    SELECT
    id, fullpath, subdirectory,
    SUBSTRING(subdirectory, PATINDEX('%[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][a-Z0-9][a-Z0-9][a-Z0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]%', subdirectory), 16) authNum
    INTO #authDocs
    FROM
    #DirectoryTree
    WHERE
    subdirectory LIKE '%[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][a-Z0-9][a-Z0-9][a-Z0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]%'
    AND
    LEFT(subdirectory, 1) <> '~';

    UPDATE #authDocs
    SET authNum = REPLACE( REPLACE(authNum, '.',''), '-','')
    FROM #authDocs
    WHERE RIGHT(authNum,1) = '.' OR RIGHT(authNum,1) = '-';


    -- jpw 2021 01 15 - pulling max value per ref ID now, rather than arbitrary assignment
    --UPDATE pec.tReferralPreCalc
    --SET rpcSCAFilePath = jFullFilePaths.fullFilePath --JIF 2020-09-15 removed + subdirectory (jpw 2021 01 15 - adding it back, conditionally)

    SELECT jFullFilePaths.referral_id
    FROM pec.tReferralPreCalc
    JOIN dbo.referral ON
    referral.referral_id = tReferralPreCalc.referral_id
    JOIN pec_prod.dbo.referral_status ON
    referral_status.referral_status_id = referral.referral_status_id
    JOIN
    (
    SELECT
    MAX(
    IIF(RIGHT( fullpath, 1) = '\' AND subdirectory IS NOT NULL, fullpath + subdirectory, fullpath)
    ) fullFilePath,
    referral.referral_id
    FROM pec.tReferralPreCalc
    JOIN dbo.referral ON
    referral.referral_id = tReferralPreCalc.referral_id
    JOIN pec_prod.dbo.referral_status ON
    referral_status.referral_status_id = referral.referral_status_id
    JOIN #authDocs ON
    authNum = referral.referral_ud

    GROUP BY referral.referral_id
    ) jFullFilePaths ON
    jFullFilePaths.referral_id = tReferralPreCalc.referral_id
    WHERE
    rpcContractStatus = 'SCA'
    AND
    referral_status_ud = 'APPROVED'
    AND
    COALESCE(rpcSCAFilePath, 'x') <> COALESCE(jFullFilePaths.fullFilePath, 'x') --JIF 2020-09-15 changed, the full path has everything
    --COALESCE(rpcSCAFilePath, 'x') <> COALESCE(fullpath + subdirectory, 'x')

    I then setup a 'test' job and run it and get - zero records!!

    Pretty sure it has something to do with permissions and using xp_dirtree but I'm stuck and not sure what to check next.

    Thanks- this is driving me crazy.

    • This topic was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by  krypto69.
  • if it's sql agent job, then make sure the service account that is starting the SQL Agent service has the proper permissions.  Also, try putting in a try/catch block to see what the error is

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