Looking for a quicker way to check files
We have several folders containing 3000+ files each. They contain scanned pdfs. Some of our staff have been scanning in blank pages to get around the system, and I have just finished going through them all by thumbnailing them via CFPDF and marking the offending files. I have all the filenames (good and bad) in a table.
I now need to keep up this task, looking at all new files added to the folders each week. I thought of the dateLastModified of CFDirectory, but some of the files will have old dates on them. Is there a quicker/better way (instead of going through a CFDirectory listing and querying the table for each file to see if it has already been processed)?
I now need to keep up this task, looking at all new files added to the folders each week. I thought of the dateLastModified of CFDirectory, but some of the files will have old dates on them. Is there a quicker/better way (instead of going through a CFDirectory listing and querying the table for each file to see if it has already been processed)?
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Thanks agx - a sample would be great
Quick questions -
1) I forgot, are you on windows or *nix?
2) Do you have cfexecute access on your server? While you could generate the file list with cfdirectory, o/s commands like LS or DIR are faster.
3) Which db - SQL Server or MySQL?
1) I forgot, are you on windows or *nix?
2) Do you have cfexecute access on your server? While you could generate the file list with cfdirectory, o/s commands like LS or DIR are faster.
3) Which db - SQL Server or MySQL?
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We are on windows and using SQL server 2008 r2
Yes, I have access to cfexecute
Yes, I have access to cfexecute
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BTW, the above is a quick and dirty example to demonstrate the concept. In real code, I'd put this logic in a stored procedure and pass in the file name as a parameter:
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WOW! Thanks agx - I will test and come back soon
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I am getting the following error on line 30
Error Executing Database Query.
[Macromedia][SQLServer JDBC Driver][SQLServer]Unknown object type '#TempImport' used in a CREATE, DROP, or ALTER statement.
<!--- query to find file names that do NOT exist in the existing db table --->
29 : SELECT TOP 100 tmp.*
30 : FROM ##TempImport tmp LEFT JOIN CF_Temp#Sfx#.dbo.CheckPPTb
31 : ON main.FileName = tmp.FileName
32 : WHERE main.FileName IS NULL;
Error Executing Database Query.
[Macromedia][SQLServer JDBC Driver][SQLServer]Unknown object type '#TempImport' used in a CREATE, DROP, or ALTER statement.
<!--- query to find file names that do NOT exist in the existing db table --->
29 : SELECT TOP 100 tmp.*
30 : FROM ##TempImport tmp LEFT JOIN CF_Temp#Sfx#.dbo.CheckPPTb
31 : ON main.FileName = tmp.FileName
32 : WHERE main.FileName IS NULL;
(Edit) Oh wait... I pasted the wrong version. My bad. It didn't seem to like the UUID file name, so I used this instead
<cfset saveToFile = ExpandPath("./fileNames.tx
<cfset saveToFile = ExpandPath("./fileNames.tx
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Thanks very much agx - it works now, and I have made it a stored procedure.
Cool. You probably figured this out already :) but .. for the archives, to use dynamic file names you need to build a SQL string and execute it via exec or sp_executesql. See the BOL for an example
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Thanks agx - I looked at that BOL page while I was getting things to work.
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Edit: I agree that querying file by file is not the way to go. What I've done in the past is to generate a list of file names and save it to a .txt file. Then use db tools (like sql server's BULK INSERT) to import the file into a temporary table. Finally, use a query to compare the file names and find out what's missing. It sounds more complicated than it really is. I think I posted an example of this somewhere. I'll see if I can find it.