File management from inside SQL code

Writing a log, dumping data, looking for file to be used in Bulk insert…

There are many situations when you would want to have access to files from inside your SQL code on Microsoft SQL Server.

Did you know that you actually can do this? No? Check below for code snippets to perform various operations on files. It is presented in form of the functions but you are actually not limited to that

Prerequisites and assumptions

  1. Your script should have sufficient rights to perform required access to files (not necessarily local).
  2. Scripting.FileSystemObject should be present at your SQL Server location and accessible.

Check if file exists
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