Creating a text file from SQL data is easy using the stored procedure listed below. We didn't write it (we found it on the web at (https://www.simple-talk.com/sql/t-sql-programming/reading-and-writing-files-in-sql-server-using-t-sql/
) but we know it works. This is an easy way to output SQL Server data to a text file, or an XML file, or even an HTML web page.
To use the stored procedure:
--Step1 declare variables
Declare @filename nvarchar(100)
Declare @String Varchar(max)
Declare @Path VARCHAR(255)
Set @Path='C:\devin'
--Step 2 build a @string variable with whatever you want the text file to contain
Set @String='
<?xml version='+char(34)+'1.0'+char(34)+ ' encoding='+char(34)+'UTF-8'+char(34)+'?>
<JDF Type='+char(34)+'Combined'+char(34)+' xmlns='+char(34)+'http://www.CIP4.org/JDFSchema_1_1'+char(34)+' ID='+char(34)+'rootNodeId'+char(34)+' Status='+char(34)+'Waiting'+char(34)+' JobPartID='+char(34)+'000.cdp.797'+char(34)
--NOTE: you often need to include single and double quotes in your text file. You can't build a SQL string with single and double quotes without your code getting really complicated. So use char(34) and char(39) whenever you want your text file to contain a double quote or a single quote.
--Step 3 call the stored procedure to create the file
exec spWriteStringToFile @string, @Path, @filename
That's it. Works great.
You need to create this stored procedure in your database:
create PROCEDURE [dbo].[spWriteStringToFile]
(
@String Varchar(max), --8000 in SQL Server 2000
@Path VARCHAR(255),
@Filename VARCHAR(100)
--
)
AS
DECLARE @objFileSystem int
,@objTextStream int,
@objErrorObject int,
@strErrorMessage Varchar(1000),
@Command varchar(1000),
@hr int,
@fileAndPath varchar(80)
set nocount on
select @strErrorMessage='opening the File System Object'
EXECUTE @hr = sp_OACreate 'Scripting.FileSystemObject' , @objFileSystem OUT
Select @FileAndPath=@path+'\'+@filename
if @HR=0 Select @objErrorObject=@objFileSystem , @strErrorMessage='Creating file "'+@FileAndPath+'"'
if @HR=0 execute @hr = sp_OAMethod @objFileSystem , 'CreateTextFile'
, @objTextStream OUT, @FileAndPath,2,True
if @HR=0 Select @objErrorObject=@objTextStream,
@strErrorMessage='writing to the file "'+@FileAndPath+'"'
if @HR=0 execute @hr = sp_OAMethod @objTextStream, 'Write', Null, @String
if @HR=0 Select @objErrorObject=@objTextStream, @strErrorMessage='closing the file "'+@FileAndPath+'"'
if @HR=0 execute @hr = sp_OAMethod @objTextStream, 'Close'
if @hr<>0
begin
Declare
@Source varchar(255),
@Description Varchar(255),
@Helpfile Varchar(255),
@HelpID int
EXECUTE sp_OAGetErrorInfo @objErrorObject,
@source output,@Description output,@Helpfile output,@HelpID output
Select @strErrorMessage='Error whilst '
+coalesce(@strErrorMessage,'doing something')
+', '+coalesce(@Description,'')
raiserror (@strErrorMessage,16,1)
end
EXECUTE sp_OADestroy @objTextStream
EXECUTE sp_OADestroy @objTextStream