How to execute (via ant) a set of sql files with mysql command line - mysql

Question

I want to execute all sql files which resistes in a given directory.
The call i want to make is something like this:
mysql --host=dbbackend --user=stack --password=overflow dbname -e 'source file1.sql'
This can be expressed as:
<apply executable="mysql" dir="." failonerror="true">
<arg value="--host=dbbackend"></arg>
<arg value="--user=stack"></arg>
<arg value="--password=overflow"></arg>
<arg value="mydbname"></arg>
<arg value="--e source dummy.sql"></arg>
<fileset dir="${db.dump.location.data}" casesensitive="no" description="take all sql files">
<patternset>
<include name="**/*.sql" />
</patternset>
</fileset>
</apply>
If i have 3 sql files in that dir, then dummy.sql is called 3 times. So far so good. Is there a placeholder available to change this line:
<arg value="--e source dummy.sql"></arg>
into:
<arg value="--e source ${unknown.placeholder.name}"></arg>
If there is a placeholder, then i want to use it for the "input" attribute of the "apply" tag (and remove the argument "-e").
There is a "srcfile" tag available for the "apply" element, but i can not call this (does not work):
<arg value="--e source"></arg>
<srcfile/>
Do you have suggestions on how to do it with native ant declaration?
Is it possilbe to build a workaround using antcall+fileset (+placeholder)?
The noobish workaround is to iterate via fileset and create a temp sql file with references to the sql files. As a last step: call it static via "-e". But that is a workaround that i want to remove (by this question).
PS: I do not want to use ant-contrib features.

Answer 1

Why not using the ant sql task, which is designed to do exactly what you want to do?
Else, you may use the srcfile nested element:
<apply ... parallel="false">
<...>
<arg value="--e source" />
<srcfile/>
<fileset ...></fileset>
</apply>
There is a complete example on the manual page of the apply task.