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Command Line from Windows 2003 Server
bradscheepers
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Hi there
I'm using the command line interface in SQL Compare 5 Professional.
On my PC (Windows XP Pro) and on a Windows 2000 Server I can run a .bat file that sits on my machine to run sqlcompare.exe and it works perfectly.
But when I run this from a Windows 2003 Server I get an error that fills the command prompt window with XML-like tags and alot of "System.Security.Permissions.SecurityPermission" type data.
The following error then appears in a dialog box:
SQLCompare.exe - Common Laguage Runtime Debugging Services
Application has generated an exception that could not be handled.
Process id=0x240c (9228), Thread id=0x25a4 (9636)
Does this mean anything to you?
I have also tried just running the SqlCompare.exe over the network by itself and I get the same error. I have tried playing with all the security settings and permissions I can think of. Any other .exe works just fine on all platforms (I tried running calc.exe - Windows calculator).
Any ideas?
Thanks alot
Brad
I'm using the command line interface in SQL Compare 5 Professional.
On my PC (Windows XP Pro) and on a Windows 2000 Server I can run a .bat file that sits on my machine to run sqlcompare.exe and it works perfectly.
But when I run this from a Windows 2003 Server I get an error that fills the command prompt window with XML-like tags and alot of "System.Security.Permissions.SecurityPermission" type data.
The following error then appears in a dialog box:
SQLCompare.exe - Common Laguage Runtime Debugging Services
Application has generated an exception that could not be handled.
Process id=0x240c (9228), Thread id=0x25a4 (9636)
Does this mean anything to you?
I have also tried just running the SqlCompare.exe over the network by itself and I get the same error. I have tried playing with all the security settings and permissions I can think of. Any other .exe works just fine on all platforms (I tried running calc.exe - Windows calculator).
Any ideas?
Thanks alot
Brad
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I think the issue is with .NET. As far as I know, the Framework will not let you execute assemblies from a remote network share. I've tried to get around this using the framework wizards, elevating the trust level, etc, but haven't found a way to do it.
You'll more than likely need to copy all of the necessary comand-line support files to the local machine and run it from there.
I'm not sure that will help as the SQL Compare Pro is installed on one machine and there are a handfull of Windows 2003 Servers running SQL Server that will call this .exe over the network.
What is it exactly that you are suggesting I copy?
Thanks
Brad.
Hi Brian
I got the answer. .NET doesn't like running .exe's over the network because of trust issues, so to solve this do the following:
On the server you want to call the remote .exe from ....
Go to Start > Programs > Admin Tools > .NET Configuration ...
then to Runtime Security Policy > Machine > Code Groups > All Code ...
> Then create a new group.
> Make the condition type "URL"
> Make the URL [url=file://machine_hosting_exe_name/*]file://machine_hosting_exe_name/*[/url]
> Set the permissions to "Full Trust"
And there you go - everything run from the hosting machine will be allowed. You can obviously narrow it down to only allow your exe etc.
Cheers
Brad
It looks like you beat me to it! Thanks for passing on the solution.