MS SQL 2000 - Parameters in DTSRUN using xp_cmdshell

Question

I am running the following: master..xp_cmdshell 'dtsrun /S ricmssql02 /U admindw /P letmein /N "scott - debug"' but also send parameters. I am seeing the following to do that: /A global_parameter_name:typeid=value And also that the whole thing can be repeated to send multiple. My questions are; What is the delimiter for multiple? What are the values for typeid or do I even need it?

Answer 1

Although DTSRUN will usually work without it, the values for typeid are as follows:

Data type Type ID
-----------------
Integer (small) 2
Integer 3
Real (4-byte) 4
Real (8-byte) 5
Currency 6
Date 7
String 8
Boolean 11
Decimal 14
Integer (1-byte) 16
Unsigned int (1-byte) 17
Unsigned int (2-byte) 18
Unsigned int (4-byte) 19
Integer (8-byte) 20
Unsigned int (8-byte) 21
Int 22
Unsigned int 23
HRESULT 25
Pointer 26
LPSTR 30
LPWSTR 31

I'm not sure what you mean by "delimiter for multiple" - you need to have an /A for each variable you want to replace. So, if you wanted to set three string variables in your example:

master..xp_cmdshell 'dtsrun /S ricmssql02 /U admindw /P letmein /N "scott - debug" /A "param1:8=string 1" /A "param2:8=string 2" /A "param3:8=string 3"'