ok, if i put a ^& then it takes the &

not too sure about the process though....

ok, got it right

http://www.windowsitlibrary.com/Content/405/29/2.html

to force the & symbol, I needed to type ^&

i also tried &amp

ok, ive managed to use the dos command "start".

eg.

DECLARE

@username as varchar(255),

@password as varchar(255),

@command as varchar(255)

set @username = 'Administrator'

set @password = 'password'

set @command = 'start http://127.0.0.1/cgi-bin/command.exe/test.script' + 'username=' +...

ok, ive managed to get the script to run fine... however, the iexplore.exe and cmd.exe processes still stay open.

is there a way to close/stop these processes, maybe on a timeout?

thanks

James

hmm, it looks as if i need your help again here guys.

im running an application script that updates another DB in the same instance. the script on its own...

this is the exact script im running. It gives output "NULL", which is fine.

is there anyway i can get it to actually open up a new window? (i.e. not run...

ok, i think i managed to sort it out.

i connected to SSMS with windows authentication and then gave my local user every flippin access i had on my coimputer 🙂

not...

im experiencing the same error.

im trying to open google.com through the cmdshell program but its jsut says "executing query" for ages... no error message (yet)

have you managed to find a...