• Another possibility is to use a Cmd Exec step in a job to do this. Technically, it's not xp_CmdShell and makes most folks feel much better.

    BTW, this is one of the many reasons why I say that turning of xp_CmdShell does nothing for security. There are other ways that an attacker that gets in with SA privs can exploit your system. A self deleting job that also deletes the job history is really tough to spot.

    --Jeff Moden


    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

    Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.


    Helpful Links:
    How to post code problems
    How to Post Performance Problems
    Create a Tally Function (fnTally)