Regarding Maxl Script

Hi Frnds,
I have built an ASO cube and to automate it i have wrote the maxl script
login 'essadmin' 'essadmin' on 'Mer1-essbaset02';
alter system load application dirsal12;
alter application dirsal12 load database dirsal12;
alter application dirsal12 disable connects;
import database dirsal12.dirsal12 dimensions
connect as 'olap_load' identified by 'ol_load' using server rules_file 'timbuild',
connect as 'olap_load' identified by 'ol_load' using server rules_file 'tolldim',
connect as 'olap_load' identified by ol_load' using server rules_file 'misstoll',
connect as 'olap_load' identified by 'ol_load' using server rules_file 'meddim',
connect as 'olap_load' identified by 'ol_load' using server rules_file 'DMAbuild',
connect as 'olap_load' identified by 'ol_load' using server rules_file 'clty_ser',
connect as 'olap_load' identified by 'ol_load' using server rules_file 'weeksatt',
connect as 'olap_load' identified by 'ol_load' using server rules_file 'medatt'
on error append to 'd:\dirsal12\dimbuildlogs\dimbuilds.err';
import database dirsal12.dirsal12 data
connect as 'olap_load' identified by 'ol_load' using server rules_file 'dtload33'
on error write to 'd:\dirsal12\dataload\dataload.err';
alter application dirsal12 Enable connects;
logout;
when i run this maxl script iam ending up with fallowing message
essmsh error : End of file breaks the statement
Please let me know if you find any errors in the script.
Thanks,
Ram.

Over all it does not look bad. If you are calling this from a batch file I would change all of your \ to \\ The backslash character is an escape character and modified the character following it. a double backslash will set the backslash. I would also suggest spooling the contents out to a log file and looking at it. I try things the simple way when they don't work for me. Comment out everything except the logon and logout and see if it works. If it does, then uncomment the next statement and try again. you can also try bringing up maxl interactively and cutting and pasting the statements in one at a time to see what it complains about.

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