Stored procedure: Zip files from directory

Here is a simple SQL Server stored procedure that zips files from a source and destination directory that you pass when calling the procedure. It uses the DOS-based wzzip.exe to zip files specified into a zip file named the current date and time, e.g., 200303030809.zip. You must have the wzzip.exe file in the path you supply for the @ZIPEXE parameter. You could optionally remove this parameter and hard code the path to the wzzip.exe or add the wzzip.exe path to an environment variable.

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