UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi,
I am searching a way to export data file on Unix to SQL server on a daily bases.
Any one has any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

Without more specifics and in general terms:

1. Create a delimited flat file on UNIX
2. ftp or rcp the file to your SQL Server database server
3. Use bcp to load the data into SQL Server

Alternatively for a hands-free approach:

1. Create a delimited flat file on UNIX
2. Define a DTS jobs that ftps your data from UNIX and then loads your SQL Server database however often you wish

Thomas

We have an application on the Unix side that has a job that creates a comma delimited file every night. That file gets written to a specific directory. I have that directory shared out using Samba. Our Microsoft SQL admin then has a daily job that imports the data file into the SQL tables using a UNC path to the Samba share on the Unix box. Works like a charm.

As the other comment noted, we need more specifics to really address your particular situation, but... the basics are:

1. Set up a script or use the functionality of your Unix application to generate a comma delimited data file
2. Use cron to schedule that job to happen at a specified interval (daily, hourly, etc...)
3. Use some kind of file transfer protocol (Samba, FTP, SCP, NFS) to allow your SQL server to grab that data file
4. Set up a script or use the functionality of your SQL application to import the comma delimited data file

I will try it out!

Our Unix server is not configureed to allow ftp from SQL server side to Unix side.
But I can ftp files from Unix to Windows server.
I have a cron job to write pipe deliminated file on certain directory.
I am trying to write a script to ftp the log files to windows shared drive folder every night automatically.
It seemed like unless the server allows anonymous user, I can't pass auto authentication step.

Can I write script to ftp file automatically with correct user name and password?

ftp -n hostName <<EOF
user userName userPasswd
.....ftp commands here.......
EOF

Thanks a lot!