Unzip a BAK file from SP?

[mkrausnick]

In thread962-1414133, ptheriault mentioned being able to zip and unzip files from within a SQL Server job. How is that done? Can that be done from within a stored procedure?

The zipped BAK file I get from my vendor is created by a version of Winzip that is not compatible with Windows Compressed Folders, so I have to use the Winzip command line utility to unzip it. Then I run a SP to restore it. It would be great to have just one step instead of two.



Mike Krausnick
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[ptheriault]

You can execute windows commands from a sql server agent job. You don't need a stored procedure but If you want to use a stored procedure you'll have to use xp_cmdshell.

From the sql agent job you would add a new step to un-zip the bak file.

The command type is windows operating system.

Then just place the command in window. Or you could put the command in a bat file and execute the bat file from the job.

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[gmmastros]

Yup. Like Paul said.

There is a FAQ on this. faq183-5065
(helpful because it shows some sample code)

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[onpnt]

What version of SQL Server are you on? I'm not a fan of xp_cmdshell and was happy to see more than anything CLR in 2005. If you are on 2005 you can write a CLR procedure/function to easily unzip/zip using the compression classes. It would prove to be a bit more stable I think than xp_cmdshell

Not that I would ever go against Paul or George. They are over my head Just a suggestion

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[ptheriault]

That's a good point onpnt, I didn't suggest CLR because I haven't used it. But that would be better than xp_cmdshell. Personally, I would just un-zip the file in the job step. It's the quickest and easiest to support.

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[mrdenny]

I wouldn't recommend using CLR either. Most CLR assemblies are not supported in SQL CLR. The CLR assemblies which SQL does support is a very small subset of the full CLR.

This MSKB doc shows which assemblies are supported in SQL CLR

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922672/en-us.

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[onpnt]

yes. you can register assemblies though and make them available. It's not completely supported yet but I've done it very successfully.

Although in this case the System.IO.Compression class is fully integrated

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[mkrausnick]

Thank you all for the great information. We're currently running SQL 2000 but will be migrating to 2005 next month. I will try the sql agent approach.

Thanks again!

Mike Krausnick
Dublin, California