Question

I would not normally use a function to execute code, but my boss is insisting on me using a function instead of an SP to execute SSIS packages. Don’t really know why!

I need to create a function that will execute the following code and the user only need to provide the SSIS package name when calling the function.

declare @cmdtest varchar(200)
set @cmdtest = 'dtexec /f "C:\Users\Desktop\testpackage.dtsx"'
exec master..xp_cmdshell @cmdtest

This code above will execute my testpackage.dtsx, now my function must just ask for the SSIS package name and must be a varchar.

Since I am not clued up on functions can someone please show me what the best way of doing this is. I assume a Scalar Function needs to be used?

Answer 1

Maybe something like this:

CREATE FUNCTION dbo.ExecutePackage
(
    @PackageName VARCHAR(30)
)
RETURNS BIT
AS 
BEGIN
    DECLARE @cmdtest varchar(200);
    SET @cmdtest = 'dtexec /f "C:\Users\Desktop\'+ @PackageName + '.dtsx"';
    EXEC master..xp_cmdshell @cmdtest;

    RETURN 1; --you could do some error checking and return either true or false - just a thought
END

Then you execute it as

SELECT dbo.ExecutePackage('testpackage');