SQL Server xp_cmdshell

Question

Is there any other way to get a list of file names via T-SQL other than

INSERT INTO @backups(filename)
EXEC master.sys.xp_cmdshell \'DIR /b c:\\som         


        

Answer 1

I do realize that this thread is 5 years old but I thought I'd post another non-xpCmdShell, non-CLR alternative. Details are in the following code and it's pretty simple stuff.

--===== Define the path and populate it.
     -- This could be a parameter in a proc
DECLARE @pPath VARCHAR(512);
 SELECT @pPath = 'C:\Temp';

--===== Create a table to store the directory information in
 CREATE TABLE #DIR
        (
        RowNum     INT IDENTITY(1,1),
        ObjectName VARCHAR(512),
        Depth      TINYINT,
        IsFile     BIT,
        Extension AS RIGHT(ObjectName,CHARINDEX('.',REVERSE(ObjectName))) PERSISTED
        )
;
--===== Get the directory information and remember it
 INSERT INTO #DIR
        (ObjectName,Depth,IsFile)
   EXEC xp_DirTree 'C:\Temp',1,1
;
--===== Now do whatever it is you need to do with it
 SELECT * FROM #DIR;