SQL Server

SFTP Simplified Download

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Demonstrates how to SFTP download a file by passing a remote filepath to DownloadFileByName. SQL Server

-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

    -- This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    -- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    DECLARE @sftp int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.SFtp', @sftp OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- Set some timeouts, in milliseconds:
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @sftp, 'ConnectTimeoutMs', 15000
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @sftp, 'IdleTimeoutMs', 15000

    -- Connect to the SSH server.  
    -- The standard SSH port = 22
    -- The hostname may be a hostname or IP address.
    DECLARE @hostname nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @hostname = 'sftp.example.com'
    DECLARE @port int
    SELECT @port = 22
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sftp, 'Connect', @success OUT, @hostname, @port
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @sftp, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sftp
        RETURN
      END

    -- Authenticate with the SSH server.  Chilkat SFTP supports
    -- both password-based authenication as well as public-key
    -- authentication.  This example uses password authenication.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sftp, 'AuthenticatePw', @success OUT, 'myLogin', 'myPassword'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @sftp, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sftp
        RETURN
      END

    -- After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sftp, 'InitializeSftp', @success OUT
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @sftp, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sftp
        RETURN
      END

    -- Download the file:
    DECLARE @remoteFilePath nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @localFilePath nvarchar(4000)

    SELECT @localFilePath = 'c:/temp/hamlet.xml'
    -- Note: The remote filepath may be an absolute filepath,
    -- a relative filepath, or simply a filename.  
    -- Relative filepaths are always relative to the home directory
    -- of the SFTP/SSH user account.  There is no such thing
    -- as "current remote directory" in the SFTP protocol. 
    -- A filename with no path implies that the file is located
    -- in the SFTP user account's home directory.
    SELECT @remoteFilePath = 'subdir1/subdir2/hamlet.xml'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sftp, 'DownloadFileByName', @success OUT, @remoteFilePath, @localFilePath
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @sftp, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sftp
        RETURN
      END


    PRINT 'Success.'

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sftp


END
GO