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Move files with CLR
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Use this deployed to a designated DBA database set to TRUSTWORHTY and EXTERNAL access to move files around
Create a C# database project and use the following code
public partial class StoredProcedures {
[Microsoft.SqlServer.Server.SqlProcedure]
public static void MoveFile(string sfilename, string dfilename)
{
try
{
File.Move(sfilename, dfilename);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
SqlContext.Pipe.Send("Error writing to file : " + ex.Message);
}
}
};
Then run the following to deploy to your instance
- USE [DBA]
- GO
- CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[MoveFile]
- @sfilename [NVARCHAR](4000),
- @dfilename [NVARCHAR](4000)
- WITH EXECUTE AS CALLER
- AS
- EXTERNAL NAME [CLRMOVEFILE].[StoredProcedures].[MoveFile]
- GO
- EXEC sys.SP_ADDEXTENDEDPROPERTY @name=N'AutoDeployed', @VALUE=N'yes' , @level0type=N'SCHEMA',@level0name=N'dbo', @level1type=N'PROCEDURE',@level1name=N'MoveFile'
- GO
- EXEC sys.SP_ADDEXTENDEDPROPERTY @name=N'SqlAssemblyFile', @VALUE=N'MoveFile.cs' , @level0type=N'SCHEMA',@level0name=N'dbo', @level1type=N'PROCEDURE',@level1name=N'MoveFile'
- GO
- EXEC sys.SP_ADDEXTENDEDPROPERTY @name=N'SqlAssemblyFileLine', @VALUE=11 , @level0type=N'SCHEMA',@level0name=N'dbo', @level1type=N'PROCEDURE',@level1name=N'MoveFile'
--onpnt 13:23, 17 February 2010 (GMT)
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