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kond.mohan
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Posted - 10/06/2012 :  01:57:16  Show Profile  Reply with Quote

Dear team ,

we need to know the XP_CMDSHELL usage in sql server 2008 and

and how to delete XL file or other files from specified Location using xp_cmdsheel

Regards
K.Mohan

sunitabeck
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Posted - 10/06/2012 :  07:51:01  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
By default xp_cmdshell is disabled. So if you have not already enabled it, you will need to do so. See here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190693.aspx

Once you have enabled it, the usage is pretty simple - exec xp_cmdshell 'del C:\temp\yourexcel.xlsx'.

One thing you want to be careful about is permissions and security. Read through the permissions section on this page: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175046.aspx
Edited by - sunitabeck on 10/06/2012 07:51:26
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visakh16
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Posted - 10/06/2012 :  12:08:33  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
usually proxy accounts are used for executing xp_cmdshell scripts giving desired permissions to those accounts

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