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On 29/07/2021 12.43, Ammammata wrote:

Hi there,
this is a MySQL forum and has nothing to do with mssql or ms-access, so 
adding c.d.ms-sqlserver and c.d.ms-access which also been follow-up to.


> I'm trying to run MS Access runtime, with my procedure and an additional
> parameter
> 
> the command line is
> MSACCESS.EXE c:\Sviluppo\QCT\QCT1000.mdb ;255
> 
> without path, being it already included in the PATH variable

Maybe that is your account users PATH and not the system PATH. There is 
a creepy GUI that you can use and check that.


> when I try this command from within MSSMS
> 
> EXEC xp_cmdshell 'MSACCESS.EXE c:\Sviluppo\QCT\QCT1000.mdb ;255';
> GO
> 
> I get the error:
> 
> output
> 'MSACCESS.EXE' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
> NULL

You need to give the full path to the MSACCESS.EXE or see to that the 
service user that runs the mssql has the correct path set in PATH. Don't 
forget to restart the service after change in the environment variables.

> 
> If I include the path in the command line
> 
> EXEC xp_cmdshell '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\MSACCESS.EXE"
> c:\Sviluppo\QCT\QCT1000.mdb ;255';
> GO
> 
> it goes into a loop and I have to kill MSSMS to exit
> 
> Note that I'm not sure how to use "" because of the space in the path
> between words Microsoft and Office

Looks ok, as microsoft made a bad choise to use \ as directory divider 
instead of /, so they couldn't escape characters as in most other 
operating systems with the backslash.


> Any suggestion is welcome

Switch to a proper OS and a better database

-- 

  //Aho