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Answer» How to USE xp_cmdshell in SQL?
We use xp_cmdshell in SQL to run DOS command. But before use of this we need to enable xp_cmdshell by below commands. And to unable this we use below command to check it is enable or not.
use master
GO
Exec sp_configure 'show ADVANCED option'
By just using above command we get output like below.
No we need to enable this config_value to 1 and to do that we use below command
USE master;
GO
EXEC sp_configure 'show advanced option', '1';
RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE;
Once above command will run we need to enable xp_cmdshell command too by below syntax
EXEC sp_configure 'xp_cmdshell', 1;
GO
RECONFIGURE;
Now we are able to run xp_cmdshell command below is ONE of the example of of one xp_cmdshell command.
xp_cmdshell 'copy c: backup c: otherfoldername;
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