--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "zsmeier" <zsmeier@...> wrote:

>
> Hi,
> I have a problem calling isql.exe from a windows batch file, which is
> called from a running service.
>
> I wrote a simple java program, which calls a windows batch script with a
> parameter:
> System.exec("c:\Temp\hook.cmd foo").
>
> The batch script first writes a select statement into a file using the
> parameter:
> echo select if from users where name = 'foo' >> c:\Temp\statement.sql
> ...and second calls the isql.exe command with the file as input
> parameter and an output parameter to write the result
> <PATH_TO_FIREBIRD_BIN>\isql.exe -user sysdba -password masterkey
> <PATH_TO_DB>\database.fdb -i c:\temp\statement.sql -o c:\temp\result.txt
> I run this Java program from a console, it works just perfect, I have
> the results in the result.txt. Great!
> Installing the Java program as a windows service, the result.txt remains
> empty. The hook.cmd is called, the statement.sql is generated, but
> then... there are no results in the result.txt.
>
> Has anybody an idea? Had anybody a problem like this?
> Has this something to do with "current user" if the application runs as
> a Service (Which is SYSTEM)? There is not possible to connect with isql
> if the user is not the current windows user?
>
> Any help or clue would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.
>
> Zsolt.
>

I could resolve the problem, starting the service using my windows user. I still not really understand why does work now, because in the script log the user calling the isql.exe is still SYSTEM. Anyway it was a windows user / windows rights / windows services problem.