looping through results of a OSQL query

Hello,

I have the following problem.

I wrote a batch file that runs a sql script on SQLServer 2000. This
script must be executed on several databases. This works fine.

The problem is that in my database is a table that holds a databases i
have to update with this script. What i want is run a query with osql
in my batchfile to retrieve this these records so I can loop through
them an run the script for those databases.

I managed to execute the query that return the records and write them
to a textfile.

What i want is store the results in some kind of a resultset so i can
loop through them in my batchfile.

Anyone have the solution

Thanks in advance

Patrickpatrick (pveechoud@.xs4all.nl) writes:
> I have the following problem.
> I wrote a batch file that runs a sql script on SQLServer 2000. This
> script must be executed on several databases. This works fine.
> The problem is that in my database is a table that holds a databases i
> have to update with this script. What i want is run a query with osql
> in my batchfile to retrieve this these records so I can loop through
> them an run the script for those databases.
> I managed to execute the query that return the records and write them
> to a textfile.
> What i want is store the results in some kind of a resultset so i can
> loop through them in my batchfile.

A simple-minded approach is to write the query so that it generates
a complete OSQL command and you write that to the file. Then you
execute the file.

But it would probably better to write this in some script language
like VBscript or Perl from which you can submit queries.

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