E-PC/AE: Exec() PeopleCode Fails In App Engine But Not In Page Event When Calling SQL Server sqlcmd.exe (Doc ID 2703491.1)

Last updated on JUNE 20, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

On : 8.56.17 version, Application Engine

In an App Engine program, user try to invoke an external batch program via exec(), for example 

Exec("""C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\Client SDK\ODBC\170\Tools\Binn\sqlcmd.exe"" -U sa -P xxxx -S ""myserver\SQL2017"" -d mydb -o c:\temp\out.txt -Q ""update PS_CURRENCY_CD_TBL set DESCR='test03' where CURRENCY_CD='CAD'""", %Exec_Synchronous + %FilePath_Absolute);

it run and did not update data. But when above code invoked from page event, it work fine with data updated.

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