I'm really bad at SQL and couldn't find anything near what I really need. I'm trying to create a Stored Procedure that should run each night to check if records in my database have an equivalent file on a server with all our data.
Example: Record with a mp4 has: [Spotnumber] -> 0000001. Then my procedure should check (not locally) if the file exists on the other server with this number.
Also the place where it should look could be fore exemple (not locally) C:/Spots. And in this directory there'll be subdirectories like: 2013, 2012, 2011. It should check in each directory if it doesn't exists.
For this I was thinking to make something like this: Single check. But this one searches locally and already has the url in a table-field. This won't be possible for mine.
So my question is: Is it even possible to do this with just a SQL procedure? If yes how should I make it check all the files on another server (what path should I use?) + How can I make it check for each record in each subdirectory?
I would suggest another approach.
Instead of using Sql server to check if the file exists then update the db.
Why don't you use a powershell script checking if a file exist, then in this powershell script update the database. With a little search on google you can find all functions on microsoft blogs explaining how to check if a file exists and update file.
Another solution, you could create an assembly in your database with a .net language and work with that.
Last possibility, i think it can be possible too with SSRS.
If you really need to do that with tsql, you should allow xcmd command on your server, then use xcmd... but it means every body could use xcmd. It's not designed too and not suggested :)