[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: only_if and not_if guard

[Ravindra Chandrakar < >]

Thanks Morgan for clarifying.

I'm not using curly braces. My code is enclosed within double quotes ".

Thanks,
Ravi

On 12/12/13, Morgan Blackthorne 
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> Removing the block in this case means removing the curly braces { }.
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> On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 5:12 AM, Ravindra Chandrakar <
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>  wrote:
>
>> Thanks Brain.
>>
>> My final goal is to create database only if database does not exist,
>> otherwise create it.
>>
>> When you said "leave out the block", do you want to say remove the
>> not_if? Could you please help me understanding this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ravi
>>
>> On 12/12/13, Brian Fletcher 
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>>  wrote:
>> > Hi Ravi,
>> >
>> > From my understanding:
>> >
>> >  - you pass a block to not_if when you are running ruby code
>> >  - You pass a string to not_if to execute from the shell
>> >
>> > See here http://docs.opscode.com/resource_common.html#guards
>> >
>> > It looks to me like you want to execute from the shell. So you could
>> > try
>> > leave out the block and see what happens.
>> >
>> >   execute "Create_DB" do
>> >     command "sqlcmd -S server -i C:\createDB.sql -o C"\Create_db.log"
>> >     not_if "sqlcmd -U user -P secret -S server -b -Q \"select Count (*)
>> > from master.dbo.sysdatabases WHERE name = 'myDB'\""
>> >   end
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Brian
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 12/12/2013 12:26, "Ravindra" 
>> > <
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>> >  wrote:
>> >
>> >>Hello All,
>> >>
>> >>I'm writing a recipe where I'm trying to create a database in MSSQL.
>> >> I've
>> >>written and execute resource, which is working fine. Now I want it to
>> >> be
>> >>executed conditionally, if database exist do not execute the resource.
>> >>Irrespective of the condition the resource is getting executed every
>> time.
>> >>
>> >>The resource I'm using is given below.
>> >>
>> >>execute "Create_DB" do
>> >>   command "sqlcmd -S server -i C:\createDB.sql -o C"\Create_db.log"
>> >>   not_if { "sqlcmd -U user -P secret -S server -b -Q \"select Count
>> >> (*)
>> >>from
>> >>master.dbo.sysdatabases WHERE name = 'myDB'\""
>> >>end
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>Am I doing anything wrong here?
>> >>
>> >>Thanks
>> >>Ravi
>> >
>> >
>>
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