Using C# to create a scheduled job

[Dave]

I need to create an executible that will run on a nightly basis.

The executible is a simple command line statement like:

OSQL -Usa -PmyPasword -n -Q "BACKUP DATABASE msdb TO DISK =
'c:\msdb.dat_bak'"
Is it possible to use C# to create an executible that will run this command
line statement on a scheduled basis?

If so, can anyone give me some general ideas on how to go about this?

[Pieter Jansen van Vuuren]

Hello Dave,

Why do you want to do this from C#?
Why don't rather just add a scheduled task?
Or in SQL create a scheduled job?

If you really want to execute this from C# use Process:

System.Diagnostics.Process myProcess = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
myProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "OSQL.exe";
myProcess.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = "C:\";
myProcess.StartInfo.Arguments = "-Usa -PmyPasword -n -Q \"BACKUP DATABASE msdb TO DISK = > 'c:\msdb.dat_bak'\"";
myProcess.Start();

out of memory, so it might be buggy, but give it a try.

Cheers

Pieter

I need to create an executible that will run on a nightly basis.

The executible is a simple command line statement like:

OSQL -Usa -PmyPasword -n -Q "BACKUP DATABASE msdb TO DISK =
'c:\msdb.dat_bak'"

Is it possible to use C# to create an executible that will run this
command line statement on a scheduled basis?

If so, can anyone give me some general ideas on how to go about this?

[Kevin Yu [MSFT]]

Hi Dave,

First of all, I would like to confirm my understanding of your issue. From
your description, I understand that you need to start a job in schedule
tasks using C#. If there is any misunderstanding, please feel free to let
me know.

To achieve this, you can either use Process.Start or WMI. The following
thread is a talking on this issue. HTH.

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...sPfvzBHA.1712%
40tkmsftngp04&rnum=2&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dschedule%2Btask%2BC%2523%2Badd%26hl%
3Den%26lr%3D%26c2coff%3D1%26selm%3DOw6sPfvzBHA.171 2%2540tkmsftngp04%26rnum%3
D2

Kevin Yu
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