Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Super cool UNdocumented SQL procedure

xp_dirtree is an UNdocumented SQL procedure. you can use it to get a list of folders in a directory, including sub-folder to any depth!!!

EXEC master..xp_dirtree '[directory_path]', [depth]

for example:
EXEC master..xp_dirtree 'c:\Installs', 1
will get you a list of folders in the directory c:\Installs.

another example
EXEC master..xp_dirtree 'c:\Installs', 1
will get you a list of folders in the directory c:\Installs AND all the folders under these folders (2 levels down)

small query that can make your life easier sometimes.

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