Running a program from a SQL job

Hi
I'm having a strange problem which puzzels me a little bit.
I have created a SQL job that can zip a file that has been generated from a
provious job. I've made a bat file that contains the string to run to zip
the file. When I run this bat file manually just by doubleclicking it, it
runs fine and do the job. When I set the SQL job to execute the same bat
file, it executes the bat file, but the bat file doesn't zip the file. It
reports that everything is ok, but the file isn't being created.
It seems like the zip program I've found that can be executed from a command
line (it's a program called 7-zip) will only do the job if it can "open" a
command prompt in the background which SQL apparently doesn't do.
My question is now if any of you know a way to let a SQL job "open" a
command prompt and then execute a program from there. It could also be as
simple as using a different zip program. 7-zip was just one I found that
could zip a file from a command line.
Regards
SteenHi,
Use XP_CMDSHELL to fire a OS command from command prompt.
Before commentng more, can you send out the script you are trying out.
Thanks
Hari
MCDBA
"Steen Persson" <SPE@.REMOVEdatea.dk> wrote in message
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> Hi
> I'm having a strange problem which puzzels me a little bit.
> I have created a SQL job that can zip a file that has been generated from
a
> provious job. I've made a bat file that contains the string to run to zip
> the file. When I run this bat file manually just by doubleclicking it, it
> runs fine and do the job. When I set the SQL job to execute the same bat
> file, it executes the bat file, but the bat file doesn't zip the file. It
> reports that everything is ok, but the file isn't being created.
> It seems like the zip program I've found that can be executed from a
command
> line (it's a program called 7-zip) will only do the job if it can "open" a
> command prompt in the background which SQL apparently doesn't do.
> My question is now if any of you know a way to let a SQL job "open" a
> command prompt and then execute a program from there. It could also be as
> simple as using a different zip program. 7-zip was just one I found that
> could zip a file from a command line.
> Regards
> Steen
>|||Hi Hari
Thanks for the advise. I've just tried it, but it seems like it has the same
problem as when I run it un a job.
The commandline I'm running is : "c:\program files\7-zip\7z" a -tzip
filename.zip filename.mdc
This works fine when running it either as a bat file or just in a cmd
window, but from within SQL it seems to fail. The output I get from running
it either as a job or with the XP_CmdShell is :
NULL
7-Zip 2.30 Beta 28 Copyright (c) 1999-2003 Igor Pavlov 2003-02-16
Scanning
NULL
Updating archive filename.zip
NULL
NULL
Everything is Ok
NULL
It reports that everything is ok, but it just don't create the zip file. It
might be that this 7-zip program just can't run properly without having an
open cmd prompt - which of course is a bit weird.
Regards
Steen
"Hari" <hari_prasad_k@.hotmail.com> skrev i en meddelelse
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> Hi,
> Use XP_CMDSHELL to fire a OS command from command prompt.
> Before commentng more, can you send out the script you are trying out.
> --
> Thanks
> Hari
> MCDBA
> "Steen Persson" <SPE@.REMOVEdatea.dk> wrote in message
> news:uKWljChUEHA.1764@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
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>|||Hi,
Login to SQL server from command prompt:-
OSQL -Usa -Ppassword -S SQl_server
This will allow you to go to a SQL prompt:-
1>
Here you execute the xp_cmdshell
1>master..xp_cmdsehll 'c:\program files\7-zip\7z a -tzip'
2>go
Note:
Please use the syntax clearly
Thanks
Hari
MCDBA
"Steen Persson" <SPE@.REMOVEdatea.dk> wrote in message
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> Hi Hari
> Thanks for the advise. I've just tried it, but it seems like it has the
same
> problem as when I run it un a job.
> The commandline I'm running is : "c:\program files\7-zip\7z" a -tzip
> filename.zip filename.mdc
> This works fine when running it either as a bat file or just in a cmd
> window, but from within SQL it seems to fail. The output I get from
running
> it either as a job or with the XP_CmdShell is :
> NULL
> 7-Zip 2.30 Beta 28 Copyright (c) 1999-2003 Igor Pavlov 2003-02-16
> Scanning
> NULL
> Updating archive filename.zip
> NULL
> NULL
> Everything is Ok
> NULL
> It reports that everything is ok, but it just don't create the zip file.
It
> might be that this 7-zip program just can't run properly without having an
> open cmd prompt - which of course is a bit weird.
> Regards
> Steen
>
>
> "Hari" <hari_prasad_k@.hotmail.com> skrev i en meddelelse
> news:eCrlkGhUEHA.484@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
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>|||Hi Hari
Thansk for your suggestions, but it simply won't do it. I get the same
result when running is with the Osql command. Apparently this zip program
only works when it's launched from it's "own" cmd prompt.
Steen
"Hari" <hari_prasad_k@.hotmail.com> skrev i en meddelelse
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> Hi,
> Login to SQL server from command prompt:-
> OSQL -Usa -Ppassword -S SQl_server
> This will allow you to go to a SQL prompt:-
> 1>
> Here you execute the xp_cmdshell
> 1>master..xp_cmdsehll 'c:\program files\7-zip\7z a -tzip'
> 2>go
> Note:
> Please use the syntax clearly
> --
> Thanks
> Hari
> MCDBA
> "Steen Persson" <SPE@.REMOVEdatea.dk> wrote in message
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>|||Did you qualify the path for both the input as well as output files?
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"Steen Persson" <SPE@.REMOVEdatea.dk> wrote in message news:uPWCBNhUEHA.3988@.tk2msftngp13.phx
.gbl...
> Hi Hari
> Thanks for the advise. I've just tried it, but it seems like it has the sa
me
> problem as when I run it un a job.
> The commandline I'm running is : "c:\program files\7-zip\7z" a -tzip
> filename.zip filename.mdc
> This works fine when running it either as a bat file or just in a cmd
> window, but from within SQL it seems to fail. The output I get from runnin
g
> it either as a job or with the XP_CmdShell is :
> NULL
> 7-Zip 2.30 Beta 28 Copyright (c) 1999-2003 Igor Pavlov 2003-02-16
> Scanning
> NULL
> Updating archive filename.zip
> NULL
> NULL
> Everything is Ok
> NULL
> It reports that everything is ok, but it just don't create the zip file. I
t
> might be that this 7-zip program just can't run properly without having an
> open cmd prompt - which of course is a bit weird.
> Regards
> Steen
>
>
> "Hari" <hari_prasad_k@.hotmail.com> skrev i en meddelelse
> news:eCrlkGhUEHA.484@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> from
> zip
> it
> It
> a
> as
>|||Solved it.....
In my bat file I just changed to the directory where the files where
placed - that did the trick(..should have thought about that from the very
beginning...).
It might as well work if I specify the full path for both input and output
files as Tibor suggest, but I haven't tried it.
Thanks for all your suggestions.
Regards
Steen
"Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> skrev i
en meddelelse news:%23lkrJmhUEHA.2692@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Did you qualify the path for both the input as well as output files?
> --
> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
>
> "Steen Persson" <SPE@.REMOVEdatea.dk> wrote in message
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>|||Make sure the sqlagent account has enough permission to zip. Also you might
try winzip 8.0 command line addon. It's working for me.
"Steen Persson" <SPE@.REMOVEdatea.dk> wrote in message
news:uKWljChUEHA.1764@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hi
> I'm having a strange problem which puzzels me a little bit.
> I have created a SQL job that can zip a file that has been generated from
a
> provious job. I've made a bat file that contains the string to run to zip
> the file. When I run this bat file manually just by doubleclicking it, it
> runs fine and do the job. When I set the SQL job to execute the same bat
> file, it executes the bat file, but the bat file doesn't zip the file. It
> reports that everything is ok, but the file isn't being created.
> It seems like the zip program I've found that can be executed from a
command
> line (it's a program called 7-zip) will only do the job if it can "open" a
> command prompt in the background which SQL apparently doesn't do.
> My question is now if any of you know a way to let a SQL job "open" a
> command prompt and then execute a program from there. It could also be as
> simple as using a different zip program. 7-zip was just one I found that
> could zip a file from a command line.
> Regards
> Steen
>|||In article <uKWljChUEHA.1764@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>, "Steen Persson" <SPE@.REMOVEdatea.dk> wro
te:
>Hi
>I'm having a strange problem which puzzels me a little bit.
>I have created a SQL job that can zip a file that has been generated from a
>provious job. I've made a bat file that contains the string to run to zip
>the file. When I run this bat file manually just by doubleclicking it, it
>runs fine and do the job. When I set the SQL job to execute the same bat
>file, it executes the bat file, but the bat file doesn't zip the file. It
>reports that everything is ok, but the file isn't being created.
>It seems like the zip program I've found that can be executed from a comman
d
>line (it's a program called 7-zip) will only do the job if it can "open" a
>command prompt in the background which SQL apparently doesn't do.
>My question is now if any of you know a way to let a SQL job "open" a
>command prompt and then execute a program from there. It could also be as
>simple as using a different zip program. 7-zip was just one I found that
>could zip a file from a command line.
>Regards
>Steen
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