the problem with this is that we need to query the DB first, and then update based upon the results of the query.
The other problem is that logon scripts run on the local machine, which doesn't have mysql installed.
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Does anyone know if it's possible to use Winbatch to select & add fields to a mysql database running on a server?
I need to create a logon script that adds some details into a DB. The logon script will be written in Winbatch and run via Group Policy, but we can't figure out how to get winbatch to access the DB.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
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by: todd_farmerPosted on 2005-10-31 at 07:33:24ID: 15193359
Don't know about Winbatch, but it's trivial to script a batch process for MySQL. Create a file of SQL statements and save it to a file (say, "C:\test.sql"). Then write a .bat file that has the following line:
mysql --user=[your user name] --password=[your password] [your database name] < /test.sql
For example, if my user name was testuser and my password was testpassword and my database was named testdb, the line would look like:
mysql --user=testuser --password=testpassword testdb < /test.sql