Question

Can I use TSQL to operate on normal operating system files? Such as create a .bat file at c:\test and write some query result into that batch file?

Thanks.

Answer 1

For general tips on reading/writing files, you can check out this link.

You can also use SQLCMD, like this (input.sql would be your input sql, Results.txt would be your output):

SQLCMD -i Input.sql -o C:\Results.txt -e