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SFTP Resume Download

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Demonstrates how to resume an SFTP download from a previous partial download.

Chilkat SQL Server Downloads

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', 5000
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @sftp, 'IdleTimeoutMs', 10000

    -- 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'
    SELECT @remoteFilePath = 'subdir1/subdir2/hamlet.xml'
    -- The ResumeDownloadFileByName method will check
    -- the local file and begin downloading the remote file
    -- at the appropriate point.  For example, if the local
    -- file is already 215624 bytes long, it will begin downloading
    -- the remote file at the 215625'th byte -- appending to
    -- the local file.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sftp, 'ResumeDownloadFileByName', @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