I've been playing around with SQLCMD to output a .SQL results to a file. It is working but the actual SQL statements are also being displayed in the output file which I obviously don't want. I am using a .bat file to run the SQL File. The following command is what I have in my .bat:
SQLCMD -S MyServerName -d MyDBName -i C:\test\start.SQL -o C:\test\out.txt -e
In my start.SQL I have the following:
set nocount on
SELECT '<HEADER>', getDate(), '<HHEADER>'
SELECT UPPER(ACCTNUM),
CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),DATEEXP,126),
UPPER(OPERID),
CONVERT(VARCHAR,CREATE_TMSTMP,120)
FROM RETURNS
WHERE CREATE_TMSTMP < getDate()
AND CREATE_TMSTMP > getDate() - 1
SELECT '<TRAILER>', getDate(), '<HHEADER>'
set nocount off
In the output file the correct information is shown but it's a little ugly with dashes and such and even shows the SQL command that was executed. Is there any way to fix this problem. Am I doing something wrong here? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Why are you using the -e option?
-e
Writes input scripts to the standard output device (stdout).
The dashes are part of the header. Use -h-1 to specify no header. If that is not acceptable use something like FINDSTR /B /V "----" to exclude that header line... assuming none of the lines you want to keep start with dashes.
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I want to figure out how to run multiple sql files on one go. Suppose I have this test.sql file which has file1.sql, file2.sql and file3.sql and so on. Along with some DML/DDL.
use database &{db};
use schema &{sc};
file1.sql;
file2.sql;
file3.sql;
create table snow_test1
(
name varchar
,add1 varchar
,id number
)
comment = 'this is snowsql testing table' ;
desc table snow_test1;
insert into snow_test1
values('prachi', 'testing', 1);
select * from snow_test1;
here what I run in power shell,
snowsql -c pp_conn -f ...\test.sql -D db=tbc -D sc=testing;
Is there any way to do this ? I know It is possible in Oracle but I want to do this using snowsql. Please guide me. Thanks in advance!
you can run multiple files in a single call:
snowsql -c pp_conn -f file1.sql -f file2.sql -f file3.sql -D db=tbc -D sc=testing;
You might need to put the addition DMLs in a file.
I have tried defining .sql file with !source inside my test.sql file and its working:
!source file1.sql;
!source file2.sql;
!source file3.sql;
....
Also, run the same command in power shell using one .sql file and it is working.
I tried searching for the solution here but didn't find one that can solve my problem. I have following batch script:
for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=, " %%a in ('\path\batch_output.txt') do (
echo %%a, %%b, %%c
sqlcmd -S server -E -i path\spu_update_src_trg_ref.sql -v SourceName= %%a Instancname= %%b exitcode= %%c
ping 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 5000 > nul
)
Inside spu_update_src_trg_ref.sql I have below code:
use dbname
go
EXEC dbo.spu_update_src_trg_ref $(SourceName), $(Instancname), $(exitcode)
I am running the below batch script via a job scheduler so unable to see the direct error in the cmd. But my job is getting failed and the stored proc is also not getting executed. If need, stored proc is as below:
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.spu_update_src_trg_ref
#SourceName VARCHAR(100),
#Instancname VARCHAR(100),
#exitcode INT
AS
BEGIN
IF #exitcode=0
BEGIN
UPDATE dbo.t_ctrm_ref_src_trg SET LoadStatus='Completed' WHERE SourceTableName=#SourceName;
UPDATE dbo.t_ctrm_instance_status SET InstanceStatus='Completed' WHERE InstanceName=#Instancname;
END
END
Its a simple sp that updates two tables, but I am unable to pass the input parameters from batch script. Please advice.
Update:
Thanks everyone for the help. I just removed some spaces and quotes('') from '\path\batch_output.txt' and it worked just fine. Appreciate all your help
There are syntax errors in your sqlcmd command. Remove the spaces between the var name, the equal sign, and the value in the "-v" portion.
I would like to perform a scalar database query and return the result into a variable in a batch file.
How would one do this? The closest I example in our system that I see is if I return an exit code based on a scalar query result.
Z:\SQL2005\90\Tools\Binn\sqlcmd -S servername -dCLASS -E -Q "EXIT(select case run_type when 'Q' then 200 else 100 end from cycle_date where cycle = '1')">NUL
if %errorlevel% == 200 call %SQLSERVER%
QRTLY.BAT
if %errorlevel% == 100 call %SQLSERVER%
MTHLY.BAT
Can someone help me with the syntax?
Here's some sqlcmd help info:
-v var = value[ var=value...]
Creates a sqlcmdscripting variable that can be used in a sqlcmd script. Enclose the value in quotation marks if the value contains spaces. You can specify multiple var="values" values. If there are errors in any of the values specified, sqlcmd generates an error message and then exits.
sqlcmd -v MyVar1=something MyVar2="some thing"
sqlcmd -v MyVar1=something -v MyVar2="some thing"
-x disable variable substitution
Causes sqlcmd to ignore scripting variables. This is useful when a script contains many INSERT statements that may contain strings that have the same format as regular variables, such as $(variable_name).
How about saving it to a file without headers then reading the contents back in?
sqlcmd -S(local)\SQLExpress -dMyDatabase -Umyuser -Pmypassword -W -h -1 -Q "SELECT Top 1 MyValue FROM MyTable" -o sqlcmdoutput.txt
set /p x= <sqlcmdoutput.txt
del sqlcmdoutput.txt
echo My scalar value is %x%
I use this in a batch file. It returns the LogicalFilename for a SQL Server Database data file. This only works if there is one data file in the DB.
So the result is the environment variable DATABASEFILENAME is set to say AdventureWorks_Data.
FOR /F "usebackq tokens=1" %%i IN (`sqlcmd -w200 -h-1 -E -Q"set nocount on; Select df.name From sysdatabases as d Inner Join sysaltfiles as df on d.dbid=df.dbid Where d.name ='$(DatabaseName)' and df.Fileid =1"`) DO set DATABASEFILENAME=%%i
Have you looked at sqlcmd?
I'm trying to load a sql from a file in bash and execute the loaded sql. The sql file needs to be versatile, meaning it cannot be altered in order to make things easy while being run in bash (escaping special characters like * )
So I have run into some problems:
If I read my sample.sql
SELECT * FROM SAMPLETABLE
to a variable with
ab=`cat sample.sql`
and execute it
db2 `echo $ab`
I receive an sql error because by doing a cat the * has been replaced by all the files in the directory of sample.sql.
Easy solution would be to replace "" with "\" . But I cannot do this, because the file needs to stay executable in programs like DB Visualizer etc.
Could someone give me hint in the right direction?
The DB2 command line processor has options that accept a filename as input, so you shouldn't need to load statements from a text file into a shell variable.
This command will execute all SQL statements in the file, with newline treated as the statement terminator:
db2 -f sample.sql
This command will execute all SQL statements in the file, with semicolon treated as the statement terminator:
db2 -t -f sample.sql
Other useful CLP flags are:
-x : Suppress the column headings
-v : Echo the statement text immediately before execution
-z : Tee a copy of all CLP output to the filename immediately following this flag
Redirect stdin from the file.
db2 < sample.sql
In case, you have a variable used in your script and wanted to get it replaced by the shell before executed in DB2 then use this approach:
Contents of File.sql:
cat <<xEOF
insert values(1,2) into ${MY_SCHEMA}.${MY_TABLE};
select * from ${MY_SCHEMA}.${MY_TABLE};
xEOF
In command prompt do:
export MY_SCHEMA='STAR'
export MY_TAVLE='DIMENSION'
Then you are all good to get it executed in DB2:
eval File.sq |db2 +p -t
The shell will replace the global variables and then DB2 will execute it.
Hope it helps.
I need to loop a oracle sqlplus query using bash.
my scenario is like this. I have a set of names in a text file and i need to find out details of that names using a sqlplus query.
textfile.txt content:
john
robert
samuel
chris
bash script
#!/bin/bash
while read line
do
/opt/oracle/bin/sqlplus -s user#db/password #query.sql $line
done < /tmp/textfile.txt
sql query: query.sql
set verify off
set heading off
select customerid from customers where customername like '%&1%';
exit
problem is when I run the script I get errors like
SP2-0734: unknown command beginning
"robert..." - rest of line ignored.
can someone tell me how to solve this?
The way I do this all the time is as follows:
#!/bin/bash
cat textfile.txt |while read Name
do
sqlplus -s userid/password#db_name > output.log <<EOF
set verify off
set heading off
select customerid from customers where customername like '%${Name}%'
/
exit
EOF
Bash will auto magically expand ${Name} for each line and place it into the sql command before sending it into sqlplus
Do you have set define on ? Is your wildcard & ? You could check glogin.sql to know.
And yes, establishing n connections to pass n queries is probably not a good solution. Maybe it's faster for you to develop and you will do that one time, but if not, you should maybe think of crafting a procedure.