Question

Can we delete the physical file from server when I delete the corresponding entry from database?

i.e., C:\Test\Test.txt -> when deleting this record from database, i need to delete the corresponding Test.txt file from mentioned location.
Is there a way, I m using SQL 2008.

Any help would be highly appreciable..

Thanks

Answer 1

The ways are:

• use of xp_cmdshell proc (exec master..xp_cmdshell ‘del C:\Test\Test.txt’)
• use the .NET CLR unsafe proc (need to write in any .NET language and deploy to sql server. Its a long story)

Both ways are ugly

And once again – it is the worst practice. Server should not delete user files, or any files, is they are not integral part of its database.