title: open a URL with SQL Server 2012
body: <p>I am trying to open a web URL through SQL Server 2012, we have tried SQLCLR but its outdadted, we tried to run a batch file and it would get stuck in the executing process</p>
  
  <pre><code>EXEC xp_cmdshell 'c:\PATH.bat'
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  <p>that's the code we used to open the batch file and then it gets stuck in executing query and i waited 5 minutes still nothing popped up</p>
  
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  <p>we have checked through file permissions and everything is allowed, its the 4th time ive tried to this and i couldnt manage can someone please show me an alternate solution ?</p>