I have a Requirement where i have to run a SQL Script in SQL server on a weekly basis .Result of this script has to be mailed.I want to automate this process.I don't want to go with SSIS Jobs. I have searched i have found few options like Creating a Windows Scheduler task to invoke a SQLCMD.Can Someone Assist on how to create Scheduler task to invoke SQLCMD
Your best bet would be to create a Console Application which executes the SQL Command and performs the email.
You can then use setup a task under Task Scheduler to use the Start a program option and run it on the schedule you prefer.
sqlcmd is just a command line tool. Put your SQL in a script file, and call it from the tool with right DB server and credentials. We can help you to figure how to make it work if you have a specific problem, but you should make your own tries before and tell us what goes wrong.
You will easily find examples on how to run a script :
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms170572.aspx
More details on parameters :
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms162773.aspx
example :
sqlcmd -S myServer\instanceName -i C:\myScript.sql -o C:\EmpAdds.txt
For task scheduler, it's easy to use but beyond SO scope, and it depends heavily of your version of windows, so (again), try yourself first.
Please note that you can also use SQL Server Agent to schedule your jobs.
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I normally run an SSIS package using a Sql Agent Job and a proxy user as described here: https://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/run-an-ssis-package-under-a-different-account
I now need to run the same package using the same proxy user using T-SQL. I've been trying to use the [catalog].[create_execution] and [catalog].[start_execution] procedures to do this but there doesn't seem to be a way to specify a user.
How do I execute a package as a different user?
Is my best recourse the use of T-SQL to execute a SQL Agent Job that is configured to use the proxy user instead?
I don't know how agent actually works to make proxy users work - especially with regard to SSIS packages.
In a "normal" sql session say in SSMS, if I wanted to run a query as another user
EXECUTE AS USER = 'TurgidWizard';
SELECT USER_NAME() AS WhoAmI;
REVERT;
That code would allow me to impersonate you until I hit the REVERT call.
But, if you swap out calls to create_execution/start_execution you'll run into the same issue as trying to use a local sql server user runs into with using the methods in the SSISDB - it doesn't work. The methods in the SSISDB all run checks before they begin to ensure users have the correct access level and there isn't impersonation going on. Because once those methods start running, they themselves do impersonation so I guess that doesn't work well.
How can I run a package using tsql under a different account? I would start SSMS/sqlcmd under the credentials using RUNAS For example, the following will open a new command window as you.
runas /netonly /user:corpdomain.com\turgiwizard "cmd"
From there, things I do will be under the aegis of your user so I could run sqlcmd calls like
sqlcmd -S TheServer -d SSISDB -Q "EXECUTE catalog.create_execution ...;"
Mouse click will be Ctrl+Shift+right click executable.
Your SSMS install location is version dependent but try various ten digit increments of 140 in the following path
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\140\Tools\Binn\ManagementStudio\Ssms.exe
The downside for me with regard to runas is that I could not automate getting my credentials passed into it. I've seen articles about use auto hot key and such but never had any luck with it.
Cleanest/easiest approach for something that needs to run regularly is to use sql agent with a proxy, or you could use Windows Task Scheduler and create it as the target user. One off executions, I'd likely use the runas approach.
How do you schedule a job in SQL Server 2016? I've done this in 2005 but going through the tree in SSMS I don't see anything that resembles any type of scheduling that I am familiar with.
Searching finds me nothing for 2016. In older versions I see references to Jobs and Agent but I do not see any of those choices. Could I not have permission? Do they have new names? I also can't find the activity monitor which I found to be very useful (especially for terminating my processes during debugging sessions).
As it turns out I went through a similar situation and had to find a workaround.
It is actually quite simple. Just have a batch file created to run msserver from shell, then schedule to run that on OS.
Assuming you're running on Windows, use Task Scheduler to run a file that goes:
sqlcmd -S servename -d database_name -Q "Query or procedure here"
I don't know if the nature of the job and the permissions you have would make this not feasable, but nevertheless, maybe it will be of help.
I'm writing a perl script in which I've to shutdown my mssql server ,do some operation and then I've to restart it.I know 1 way is to use netstat to stopt the service but I cann't use that. So I tried installing DBI and DBD::ODBC module.
More info here :Shutdown MSSQL server from perl script DBI
But when I trying to shutdown my server using this command
$dbh->prepare("SHUTDOWN WITH NOWAIT ");
It's not working for me :
I got this response from the community
SHUTDOWN permissions are assigned to members of the sysadmin and serveradmin fixed server roles, and they are not transferable. I'd consider it unlike(hopefully) that perl is run with this rights.
So please tell me is there a way to run the above command as these users ? or what can I do other than this . Note that I have a constraint tha tI cann't simply stop it as windows service.
If the scripts are executed through a web browser then the user executing the scripts will be defined by the web server. It will probably not be a good idea to fiddle with this user. Just leave things as they are.
What you can do is to create a Perl script that is being run by a privileged user on a consistent basis with CRON.
This script being run by CRON can check for specific content like a file which has been written by a script where the user executing the script has lesser privileges.
So the way it could work is as follows:
You execute browser.cgi through a browser to do a specific task.
browser.cgi writes instructions to a file.
Every 1 minute priveleged.cgi executes via CRON. (The root user could execute priveleged.cgi)
priveleged.cgi reads the file browser.cgi has written for instructions and starts and stops services according to the instructions.
I've been trying to set up a schedule to run a stored procedure every hour in Windows Task Scheduler (as I'm using SQL Express and can't install 3rd party tools) but after trying various methods such as running a .bat file from task scheduler, opening SqlCmd utility from task scheduler and passing either the command line syntax or a .sql script file I'm having no luck.
I know this can be done and therefore I'm sure it's something I've missed but if anyone can share their experience of this I'd very much appreciate it.
The following command is in the batch file...
sqlcmd -E -i"C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\test.sql" -o"C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\dump.txt"
Thanks a lot
If you are an admin on the sql instance (Since you are using SQLExpress I bet you are trying to do this on your own computer so there is a high chance your user is an admin of the sql instance) you should not use -E at all, just ignore it.
Second, specify the server even if you are working on local.
Start with a simple sql command like below:
sqlcmd.exe -S "." -d MY_DATABASE -Q "SELECT * FROM MY_TABLE"
Replace MY_DATABASE and MY_TABLE with your dbname and table name. Make sure you can run it from command line. It should return the data from your table. (Beware command line options are case-sensitive so -s is not same as -S)
Last, do not try to feed parameters through task scheduler. Put the command with all parameters in a .bat file and just run the batch from task scheduler.
I have recently had a similar issue and my experience may assist you. I was calling a small app i.e. EXE from a batch file. I was scheduling the batch file to run from the Windows Task Scheduler. The app was accessing the SQL data using Windows Authentication.
I could run the app directly i.e. click on the EXE to run it.
I could run the app from the batch file.
But if I tried to run the scheduled task it seemed to start but did nothing and posted no errors that I could find.
I found if I changed the app to run with SQL Authentication it could be run from the Task Scheduler.
I suspect there is something about the context of the Windows Authentication when it is run from Task Scheduler that is not recognised by SQL.
I am not allowed to use command prompt, unfortunately.
Currently I use SQL Server Management Studio, but I could switch to VS2010, if it was easier there.
Running a set of scripts in a specific order, especially when doen manually, is a bit tedious.
Thank you very much for any suggestions you might have.
You can edit and run SQL scripts in SSMS if this helps
You can use :r filename.sql command in the SQLCMD script command to execute a sql script
:r first.sql
:r second.sql
One method would be to create a job with no schedule, then you can run it manually.
Each step in the job could be one of your scripts.
The benefit of using a job would be that you could set up alerting and get an email if any step failed.