Question

What I have

I am currently inserting all the SQL files from the current directory in a temporary table :

create table #tmpSQLFiles(SQLFileName varchar(max))  
set @SqlStatement = 'master.dbo.xp_cmdshell ''dir /b "' + @DirPath + '*.sql"'''

insert into #tmpSQLFiles
execute (@SqlStatement)

This works well.

What I want

Now I want the table to have an extra varchar column in which I can store a certain desired string :

create table #tmpSQLFiles(SQLFileName varchar(max), MyString varchar(max))
set @SqlStatement = 'master.dbo.xp_cmdshell ''dir /b "' + @DirPath+ '*.sql"'''

What I have tried

How can I do the insert? I have tried :

insert into #tmpSQLFiles (SQLFileName, MyString) values (execute (@SqlStatement), 'aa')

or :

declare @ExecutedStmt varchar(max)
set @ExecutedStmt = execute (@SqlStatement)
-- But the above line is not correct.

Any of these 2 would work for me. I don’t want to insert and update afterwards the second column.

Any ideas on how I can achieve this? Thank you !

Answer 1

Try using a table variable as an intermediary – not the prettiest, but does the job:

create table #tmpSQLFiles(SQLFileName varchar(max), MyString varchar(max))
set @SqlStatement = 'master.dbo.xp_cmdshell ''dir /b "' + @DirPath + '*.pdf"'''

DECLARE @TempOutpt TABLE ([output] varchar(500))
insert into @TempOutpt ([output])
execute (@SqlStatement)

insert into #tmpSQLFiles (SQLFileName, MyString)
select [output], 'my string here' from @TempOutpt

select * from #tmpSQLFiles

If you weren’t using an extended stored procedure (xp_cmdshell), you might have been able to use OPENROWSET to execute the SP:

SELECT *fields* 
FROM OPENROWSET('SQLNCLI', 
                'Server=*your_server*;Trusted_Connection=yes;Database=*your_database*', 
                'exec *stored_procedure* *parameters*')