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System extended stored procedures
Other system extended stored procedures
xp_cmdshell system procedure
Function
Syntax
Permissions
Description
Example
xp_msver system function
Function
Syntax
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The other system extended stored procedures included are:
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Executes a system command.
xp_cmdshell
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Returns a string containing version information.
xp_msver
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xp_sprintf Builds a string from a format string and a set of input
strings.
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Extracts substrings from an input string and a format string.
xp_scanf
The following sections provide more detail on each of these procedures.
Carries out an operating system command from a procedure.
[ variable = CALL ] xp_cmdshell ( string )
None.
xp_cmdshell executes a system command and then returns control to the
calling environment.
The following statement lists the files in the current directory in the file
c:\temp.txt
xp_cmdshell('dir > c:\\temp.txt')
Retrieves version and name information about the database server.
xp_msver ( string )
The string must be one of the following, enclosed in string delimiters.