bat file to run sqlplus and then execute command based on result? - oracle

Question

Can I have a BAT file run a SQLPlus command, and then based on the result, execute a CMD command, and then another SQLPlus command?
I think it would look something like this
CheckRowCount.SQL file
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM dmsn.ds3r_1xrtt_voice_trigger
BAT file:
sqlplus %USER%/%PASSWORD%#ORACLE #CheckRowCount.SQL
if ROWCOUNT < 1 goto :EX
c:\Autobatch\Spotfire.Dxp.Automation.ClientJobSender.exe http://SERVER/spotfireautomation/JobExecutor.asmx c:\AutoBatch\backup\Trigger_Test.xml
:EX
but I don't think this is exatcly right, ROWCOUNT doens't seem like it would work, also, how would I execute another SQLPlus command after the CMD.
I'm very new to BAT files and SQLPlus

Answer 1

Do yourself a favour and learn Powershell or python. I used to build crazy batch files to automate processes and they were painful.
Powershell is much, much better at building such conditional scripts, especially with the ability to create and monitor sub-threads. Python is great also for this.
The great advantage these bring is you can access the database (and the return results within your script to process and react to the data.
The disadvantage(?) is that you will need to learn one of these languages, but I personally do not see these as disadvantages at all, as they are much better than batch files.
Otherwise, foxidrive's answer should work for you.
Powershell example (kind of long, but the code can be reused):
function CreateConnection
{
param([string]$databaseHost
,[string]$Port
,[string]$SID
,[string]$UserID
,[string]$Password
)
process
{
$ConnectString = "Data Source=(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST={0})(PORT={1}))(CONNECT_DATA=(SID={2})));User Id={3};Password={4};"`
-f $databaseHost,$port,$SID,$UserID,$Password
write-host $connectString
sleep 10
$connection = new-object system.data.oracleclient.oracleconnection( $ConnectString)
return $connection
}
}
$DBMSHost="somehost.somedomain.com"
$DBMSPort=1521
$SID="somesid"
$UserName="user"
$Password="password"
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('System.Data.OracleClient') | out-null
try {
$Connection = CreateConnection $DBMSHost $DBMSPort $SID $UserName $Password
}
catch
{
write-host ("Could not access Oracle database {0}" -f $_.Exception.ToString())
exit
}
$Query = "SELECT COUNT(*) as rowcount FROM dmsn.ds3r_1xrtt_voice_trigger" // Added name to column to make life easier
$data_set = new-object system.data.dataset
$adapter = new-object system.data.oracleclient.oracledataadapter ($Query, $Connection)
[void] $adapter.Fill($data_set)
$table = new-object system.data.datatable
$table = $data_set.Tables[0] // We now have the actual resukts data
foreach ($row in $table)
{
if ($row.rowcount <1 )
{
$Application = "C:\Autobatch\Spotfire.Dxp.Automation.ClientJobSender.exe"
$Arguments = "http://SERVER/spotfireautomation/JobExecutor.asmx c:\AutoBatch\backup\Trigger_Test.xml"
$CommandLine = "{0} {1}" -f $Application,$Arguments
invoke-expression $CommandLine
}
}

Answer 2

Assuming the sqlplus command returns a simple number then this may work:
#echo off
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('sqlplus %USER%/%PASSWORD%#ORACLE #CheckRowCount.SQL') do set rowcount=%%a
echo.rowcount is set to "%ROWCOUNT%"
if %ROWCOUNT% GTR 0 (
c:\Autobatch\Spotfire.Dxp.Automation.ClientJobSender.exe http://SERVER/spotfireautomation/JobExecutor.asmx c:\AutoBatch\backup\Trigger_Test.xml
)
pause