So we have a .bat file that runs SQL scripts, e.g.
#ECHO --- 03_Case6395_Publication.sql --- >> dbupt.log
sqlcmd -U %1 -P %2 -S %3 -d %4 -i 03_Case6395_Publication.sql -k -b >> dbupt.log
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO ErrorTag
The script runs and gives no errors, but the script doesn't actually affect the database. In the example above, here is what is being run:
IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM [dbo].[syscolumns] WHERE [NAME] = N'MandatoryInList' AND [ID] = object_id(N'Pub_Type'))
BEGIN
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[Pub_Type] ADD [MandatoryInList] bit NULL CONSTRAINT [DF_PubType_MandatoryInList] DEFAULT (0)
END
ELSE
BEGIN
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[Pub_Type] ALTER COLUMN [MandatoryInList] bit NULL
END
GO
The script is pretty simple and you would expect it to add a column called MandatoryInList, however it doesn't. The odd thing is there are no syntax errors in the script and when I run it from SQL Server Management Studio, it runs fine. There's no issues with permissions or which user is running the script because there are other scripts that run fine in the batch file.
I should also mention that this runs from a GUI by creating a new process and running it but not showing the command window. But regardless, I've been running the tool like this for months without any issues.
Any ideas?
So it works from Management Studio but not from your batch file that calls sqlcmd. Strange...
I don't know what could cause this, but here are some ideas:
If you run the same "sqlcmd" command manually from the command prompt, rather than from your batch file, does it work?
If you run the batch file from the command prompt, rather than invoking it from the GUI app, does it work?
What's it writing to your dbupt.log file? Does it have the header "--- 03_Case6395_Publication.sql --- ", and it's empty after that?
Can you add some PRINT statements to the script, so you can see whether it's executing the IF or the ELSE part?
Can you try redirecting the error stream to your log file as well, using the "2>&1" operator? E.g.:
sqlcmd -U %1 -P %2 -S %3 -d %4 -i 03_Case6395_Publication.sql -k -b >> dbupt.log 2>&1
Can you try changing "IF ERRORLEVEL 1" to "IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 0"?
Have you tried using SQL Profiler to see what SQL is actually executing? Does anything show up?
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I have this code which created a backup of my database.
pg_dump -U dbadmin -h 127.0.0.1 123telcom -f dbbackup
Now i want to create a backup every night.
Is there a way u can execute this code with crontab?
0 3 * * * pg_dump -U dbadmin -h 127.0.0.1 123telcom -f dbbackup
I'm new to putty so if anyone could help me a little that would be great.
I suspect that you have fallen foul of cron's PATH set up.
If you look in /etc/crontab, it will define a PATH for itself and you will probably have a different PATH set up for your login.
Create your script with the first 2 lines:
#!/bin/bash
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
where the PATH includes whatever is set up in your environment and ensure that the script is executable.
To test what is going on try this script:
#!/bin/bash
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
echo $PATH >> /home/yourhome/cron.txt
create an entry in /etc/crontab:
* * * * * root /home/yourhome/yourshell.sh
tell cron about the changes by using sudo crontab -e and then just save it and exit (often Ctrl O and Ctrl X if using nano editor) or I think that you can just kill the cron process and it will re-spawn.
Then check the cron.txt file to see what it is using for PATH.
PS Don't forget to remove this script from the crontab afterwards
I have a file that contains several SQL queries.
Can I somehow run them via isql (I'm doing the calls from Bash script, so no access to Perl DBI or JDBC)
I tried piping them into isql command via echo /my/file | isql -my-other-parameters but that didn't work.
Yes.
If you're running ISQL in interactive mode, you can load an entire contents of the file using :r my-filename command from > prompt.
From Bash script, it's also possible to do - but you need to carefully make sure that
The SQL file you are piping in has a go statement at the end. That is a VERY common cause of issues like the one you mentioned.
That statement has a newline after it.
From a script, you can do it 2 ways: Pass on STDIN via a pipe/redirect; OR, pass in the file name via isql's -i parameter
In my case it was isq -n for a piped query to work.
isql -U $DB_USR -P $DB_PWD -S $DB_PATH -D $DB_NAME -w 500 < $FILE
I am learning the shell language. I have creating a shell script whose function is to login into the DB and run a .sql file. Following are the contents of the script -
#!/bin/bash
set -x
echo "Login to postgres user for autoqa_rpt_production"
$DB_PATH -U $POSTGRESS_USER $Auto_rpt_production$TARGET_DB -p $TARGET_PORT
echo "Running SQL Dump - auto_qa_db_sync"
\\i auto_qa_db_sync.sql
After running the above script, I get the following error
./autoqa_script.sh: 39: ./autoqa_script.sh: /i: not found
Following one article, I tried reversing the slash but it didn't worked.
I don't understand why this is happening. Because when I try manually running the sql file, it works properly. Can anyone help?
#!/bin/bash
set -x
echo "Login to postgres user for autoqa_rpt_production and run script"
$DB_PATH -U $POSTGRESS_USER $Auto_rpt_production$TARGET_DB -p $TARGET_PORT -f auto_qa_db_sync.sql
The lines you put in a shell script are (moreless, let's say so for now) equivalent to what you would put right to the Bash prompt (the one ending with '$' or '#' if you're a root). When you execute a script (a list of commands), one command will be run after the previous terminates.
What you wanted to do is to run the client and issue a "\i ./autoqa_script.sh" comand in it.
What you did was to run the client, and after the client terminated, issue that command in Bash.
You should read about Bash pipelines - these are the way to run programs and input text inside them. Following your original idea to solving the problem, you'd write something like:
echo '\i auto_qa_db_sync.sql' | $DB_PATH -U $POSTGRESS_USER $Auto_rpt_production$TARGET_DB -p $TARGET_PORT
Hope that helps to understand.
I want to run a series of SQL statements against a SQL Server 2005 database from the command line.
When I launch 1st statement
osql -E -S <Server_Name>\<Instance_Name> -d <Server_Name>
it is going to prompt window 1> from there after I am unable to proceed further through script.
How to give input to 1> prompt I mean giving next SQL statement
BACKUP DATABASE TO DISK = 'c:\test.bak' WITH INIT,SKIP
and finally exit to that prompt
I tried with && but I guess that is for only commandline commands.
You ae looking for the -Q switch on the sqlcmd tool (don't use osql on sqlserver 2005 or higher) (type sqlcmd /? to see all options) or lookit up on msdn
sqlcmd -E -S <Server_Name>\<Instance_Name> -d <Server_Name> -Q "BACKUP DATABASE TO DISK = 'c:\test.bak' WITH INIT,SKIP"
Alternatively you can create a sqlscript file where you put all the sql statements in you want to execute. Assuming you name your file myscript.sql the osql command would go like this:
sqlcmd -E -S <Server_Name>\<Instance_Name> -d <Server_Name> -i myscript.sql
Perhaps you may want to try a small trick that emerged from other question in this forum (that was deleted unfortunately).
You may insert the input for a command directly in the lines below the command and then execute the file NOT as Batch file, but as input por cmd.exe (this is similar to a here document in Linux). For example:
script.TXT:
#echo off
osql -E -S <Server_Name>\<Instance_Name> -d <Server_Name>
BACKUP DATABASE TO DISK = 'c:\test.bak' WITH INIT,SKIP
exit
Execute previous "script" this way:
cmd < script.TXT
If you perform this test, please report the result...
Antonio
I am sure these has been asked before but cannot find clear instruction how to create a
batch file lets call it "Update Database" this batch file should
Execute sql scripts located in different folders
Execute another 3 bat files.
Any quick examples how to do it?Never done it before
thanks a lot
EDITED
Can I do this?
:On Error exit
:r C:\myPath\MasterUpdateDatabase.bat
GO
SQLCMD -S (Local) -i C:\myPath\InsertUsername.sql
I get an error:
"GO" is not recognized as internal external command
Thanks for any input
It looks like you're trying to use DOS commands to create a batch file that either (a) executes other batch files or (b) executes SQLCMD to run sql or a sql script.
Here are a couple examples all rolled into one. I'm using the DOS command START with the /WAIT switch, which will keep your original "master" batch file running in one window and execute the subsequent file or commands in a new window. That new window stays open until the script finished AND exits.
Some of the ECHOs probably aren't required, but the script will talk back to you for now, a little.
#echo off
So, this is pretty simple in the sense that you're just running the script. If you're script1.bat has break points, you can return an error back to the main script and have it end immediately. I wasn't clear if that was what you needed the master script to do.
echo Starting Database Update.
echo.
echo Excuting Script 1
echo.
start /wait C:\path\to\your\script1.bat
echo If there was a problem, break here.
Pause
echo Excuting Script 2
echo.
start /wait C:\path\to\your\script2.bat
echo If there was a problem, break here.
Pause
Here is where did used the same START /WAIT to run SQLCMD, which in this case just returns results from the query. One thing to note here is that the -Q (uppercase) runs the query and quits. If you use -q (lowercase) it will run the query and sit open in SQLCMD waiting for another query.
echo.
echo Running SQLCMD: "select top 100 * from sys.objects"
start /wait sqlcmd -S (local) -Q "select top 100 * from sys.objects"
And this is how you can run a sql script, which is what the -i denotes, but I also didn't run this in the START /WAIT as earlier. Not that you have to, but I wanted to show both examples. What this also shows is the -b will end the batch process if your script returns an error, which is useful if you're running multiple scripts that depend on success of the former(s).
echo.
echo Running SQLCMD from an (-i)nput file:
sqlcmd -S (local) -i C:\path\to\your\script.sql -b
echo.
echo Update Complete.
pause
End
So, I assumed you were looking for a .bat or .cmd file that utilized SQLCMD. The example I provided is pretty basic, but hopefully it sets you on the right path.
OH! And remember that CTRL+C breaks a batch script in process.
The actual error you're seeing is that the command line interpreter does not recognize 'GO', so you could just remove that line.
Hope this helps you :
sqlplus UserName/Password#DataBase #C:\myPath\InsertUsername.sql
P.S : Don't forget to add the command "commit;" at the end of sql file (InsertUsername.sql), this command order Oracle to save performed changes in darabase
This answer definitely works for your purposes:
sqlcmd -S localhost -U fdmsusr -P fdmsamho -i "E:\brantst\BranchAtt.sql" -o "E:\brantst\branchlog.txt"