[cisco-voip] Windows AXL Query Tool

[Brian Meade]

Just to give Lelio a use case, I mostly use this now when I need to add a
BLF SD to an operator console maxed out with sidecars.

I run one script to delete all the BLFs then another to add them all back
with the new one in the correct order.

On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 11:46 AM, Anthony Holloway <
avholloway+cisco-voip at gmail.com> wrote:

> No not really.
>
> The work flow is like this:
>
> 1. Download the ZIP file from CUCM plugins page and extract to your PC.
> It's simply called Cisco AXL Toolkit, but the file is axlsqltoolkit.zip
> 2. Open a command prompt to the working folder you extracted the files to,
> such that you're in the same folder as the README.txt
> 3. Open the README.txt and make a copy of the command example for your
> platform: windows or linux, and for me it's windows, so line 22 I will copy
> to the line below the example (CTRL+d in Notepad++)
> 4. Correct the username and password, host for your environment
> 5. Add the input/output file switches: -input=test.xml -output=test.txt
> (we'll create the test.xml in the next step, and it will create the
> test.txt file for you)
> 6. Make a copy of the sample.xml file and we'll name it test.xml for this
> exercise
> 7. Edit the test.xml so it only contains 1 query; we'll use this one for
> testing: <sql query="select name from processnode"/>
> 8. Copy your command line from the README.txt and paste it into your
> command prompt
> 9. Watch the activity scroll up the screen, and check your test.txt file
> for the output
>
> Be prepared: it's SOAP and it's ugly.  So, don't be expecting CSV style
> data formatting here.  I typically only use this tool when I need to run
> UPDATE commands, like lots of them, to make changes to the DB, which is few
> and far between.
>
> More commonly, I'm using UPDATE commands right on the CLI....with careful
> WHERE clauses....or even more commonly, I'm just looking at data with
> SELECT commands.
>
> YMMV
>
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 9:22 AM Lelio Fulgenzi <lelio at uoguelph.ca> wrote:
>
>> Is it “wizardish” in any way? Like CUDDLI?
>>
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>> *From:* Anthony Holloway [mailto:avholloway+cisco-voip at gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 28, 2018 10:19 AM
>> *To:* Brian Meade <bmeade90 at vt.edu>
>> *Cc:* Lelio Fulgenzi <lelio at uoguelph.ca>; Pete Brown <jpb at chykn.com>;
>> cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
>>
>>
>> *Subject:* Re: [cisco-voip] Windows AXL Query Tool
>>
>>
>>
>> Yeah, it's really just for batch SQL commands, otherwise, just SSHing to
>> the Publisher is easiest.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 9:16 AM Brian Meade <bmeade90 at vt.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Check under Application->Plugins
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 10:03 AM, Lelio Fulgenzi <lelio at uoguelph.ca>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Wait. What? There’s an AXL SQL tool kit?
>>
>>
>>
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>> *Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.* | Senior Analyst
>>
>> Computing and Communications Services | University of Guelph
>>
>> Room 037 Animal Science & Nutrition Bldg | 50 Stone Rd E | Guelph, ON |
>> N1G 2W1
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>> 519-824-4120 Ext. 56354 <(519)%20824-4120> | lelio at uoguelph.ca
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>>
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>> *From:* cisco-voip [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] *On
>> Behalf Of *Anthony Holloway
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 27, 2018 9:58 PM
>> *To:* Pete Brown <jpb at chykn.com>
>> *Cc:* cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
>> *Subject:* Re: [cisco-voip] Windows AXL Query Tool
>>
>>
>>
>> So it only does AXL SQL Queries right now?  How's this different from the
>> AXL SQL Toolkit that's right in CUCM?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 4:39 PM Pete Brown <jpb at chykn.com> wrote:
>>
>> For anyone who is interested, I wrote a quick and dirty Windows app for
>> ad-hoc AXL queries.  I couldn't find anything readily available that didn't
>> involve scripting.  It only supports SELECT statements at the moment.
>>
>>
>>
>> It's been tested with 10.5 so far and probably has bugs which will
>> trigger the next apocalypse.  Use at your own risk.
>>
>>
>>
>> Usage Notes:
>>
>>
>>
>> Adding a Profile - Right click under "Hosts" and Add Server.  Validate
>> then Submit and it will automatically save a config file in the working
>> directory.
>>
>>
>>
>> Listing Tables - When you select a host, it will automatically grab a
>> list of tables.
>>
>>
>>
>> Queries - Type in the query and execute.  It will either display results
>> or an error code on the bottom.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> https://www.adhdtech.com/CUCM%20AXL%20Query.exe
>>
>>
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