My apologies to everyone.

I now find that my original code, (see first post), does actually work.

I had set up my local as a server as was doing all my testing...

I think the problem with isql and osql, (and bcp for that matter), is that they would need to be installed on each machine using our application.

This would not...

This sounds promising.

I'll have a look and post here with my results.

Thanks.

Thanks for your response to this.

I know it's not strictly speaking a T-SQL post, but I'm trying to find a method whereby SQL Server can interact with the command shell...

Hi Russell,

Thanks for your reply.

I've come to virtually the same conclusion myself from replies I got in other forums

My current solution is to drop...

Thanks AJ. Your reply put me on the right track.

I found an extended sproc called "xp_loginconfig" which should do the job.

Cheers,

sc.