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Get the Last-Modified Date/Time for one File by Name

Demonstrates how to get the last-modified date/time for a file on the FTP server by specifying the remote file path.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

    -- This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    -- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    DECLARE @ftp int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Ftp2', @ftp OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @ftp, 'Hostname', 'ftp.example.com'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @ftp, 'Username', 'myLogin'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @ftp, 'Password', 'myPassword'
    -- Use explicit TLS
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @ftp, 'AuthTls', 1
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @ftp, 'Port', 21

    -- For debugging, turn on session logging so we can examine what is sent by the server.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @ftp, 'KeepSessionLog', 1

    -- Connect and login to the FTP server.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ftp, 'Connect', @success OUT
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ftp, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ftp
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ftp, 'ChangeRemoteDir', @success OUT, 'AAWorkarea'

    -- Get the last-modified date/time information for the file "package.tgz"
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ftp, 'GetLastModifiedTimeByNameStr', @sTmp0 OUT, 'package.tgz'
    PRINT @sTmp0

    -- Show the session log so we can see the details of the date/time information sent by the server.
    -- This tells us what information is available.  Some FTP servers provide better and more accurate information
    -- than others.


    PRINT '---- Session Log ----'
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ftp, 'SessionLog', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ftp, 'Disconnect', @success OUT

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ftp


END
GO