Comments on: Embed date in SQLBase unload filename

By: flame

flame — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:13:19 +0000

Thats why the first line of the script is :

del Autoname_Unload.sql

I though the single “>” was a typo… (Needed more coffe this morning I guess…)

I’m planning on running a test tonight, then going live after that.

Thank you again!
Flame

By: carlosdl

carlosdl — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:51:03 +0000

Yes Flame, you cannot use the mirror of ‘/’ here (I guess it is taken as some type of escape character)…

I noticed you change ‘>’ for ‘>>’ in this line:

echo set server server1; >> script.txt

Have you tried running this script more than once ? I think it will cause the new script to be appended at the end of the previously generated, so the file will grow endlessly.

By: flame

flame — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:20:07 +0000

Apparently you can’t even type the symbol that is a mirror image to “/” in the discuss section. Interesting…

By: flame

flame — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:17:38 +0000

Interesting note here…

The files I copied had the “” symbol in the correct places in the paths of the batch files… but they did not seem to paste into the discussion section… Is there a way to edit the comments to reflect this?

By: flame

flame — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:13:31 +0000

Wow, Silly mistake (which the system infomed me of…) You can’t have a “/” in a file name (doh!)
Fixed code below:

Batch file:
del Autoname_Unload.sql
set date=%date:~0,3%_%date:~4,2%_%date:~7,2%_%date:~10,4%.UNL;
echo set server server1; >> Autoname_Unload.sql
echo connect testdb 1 sysadm/XXXXXX; >> Autoname_Unload.sql
echo update statistics on database; >> Autoname_Unload.sql
echo check database; >> Autoname_Unload.sql
echo commit; >> Autoname_Unload.sql
echo SET BULK ON; >> Autoname_Unload.sql
echo unload database z:backupsVIS_%date% >> Autoname_Unload.sql
echo disconnect all; >> Autoname_Unload.sql
echo EXIT; >> Autoname_Unload.sql

Resulting Script:

set server server1;
connect testdb 1 sysadm/XXXXXX;
update statistics on database;
check database;
commit;
SET BULK ON;
unload database z:backupsVIS_Mon_03_02_2009.UNL;
disconnect all;
EXIT;

That’s better!
Thanks again Carlosdl!

By: flame

flame — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:54:40 +0000

Carlosdl, I made a few changes listed below, but this is EXACTLY what I needed. The changes is made removed the space that was appearing after the filename, but before the ".txt" extension as well as a space that appeared between the filename and the “;” Thank you! -Flame Modified bat file:

del script.txt
set date=%date:~0,3%_%date:~4,13%.UNL; 
echo set server server1; >> script.txt 
echo connect testdb 1 sysadm/XXXXXX; >> script.txt 
echo update statistics on database; >> script.txt 
echo check database; >> script.txt 
echo commit; >> script.txt 
echo SET BULK ON; >> script.txt 
echo unload database z:backupsVIS_%date% >> script.txt 
echo disconnect all; >> script.txt 
echo EXIT; >> script.txt

Resulting Script:

set server server1;  
connect testdb 1 sysadm/XXXXXX;  
update statistics on database;  
check database;  
commit;  
SET BULK ON;  
unload database z:backupsVIS_Mon_03/02/2009.UNL;   
disconnect all;  
EXIT;

Perfect!