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Re: `sqlcmd' defective by design?

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I wrote:

> I have a nasty problem in my automation batch scripts that
> invoke `sqlcmd`: whatever I try, I cannot cause it to
> terminate with an error level in case of a timeout.

The only solution I have found is to detect the words
"Timeout expired" in the standard output.  Here is a sample
batch script:

  @ECHO OFF
  SET OUT=out.txt
  SET ERR=err.txt

  sqlcmd -S <your_server> -V 11 -r -b -t 1 -i test.sql  >%OUT% 2>%ERR%

  :: Handle a normally reported error:
  IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO Error

  :: Handle a timeout, by examining the first line of stdout:
  SET /P OUT_FST=<%OUT%
  IF "%OUT_FST%"=="Timeout expired" (
      ECHO equ!
      COPY %OUT% %ERR%
      GOTO :Error
  )

  :: No errors detected, exiting:
  ECHO All went well.
  EXIT /B

  :Error
  echo Error encountered:
  type %ERR%

I have published this on StackOverflow:
<https://stackoverflow.com/a/78472213/2862241>

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`sqlcmd' defective by design? Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2024-05-13 14:24 +0300
  Re: `sqlcmd' defective by design? Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2024-05-13 17:32 +0300
  Re: `sqlcmd' defective by design? Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2024-05-13 22:44 +0200
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