SQL Server, How to execute T-SQL commands from the command line (attention this post may contain easy but useful tips 😏 )

Hello friends,

You know, i love “useful but fast & easy” tips!

The question of today:
Have you ever needed to run T-SQL commands from the command line? Yes?

So, How to do it?


Well, an easy way is to use the sqlcmd command.

But what is the SqlCmd?

The SqlCmd is a command line utility that is part of the standard installation of SQL Server and that you can run from the command prompt.


First you need to prepare a script that contains the T-SQL commands to execute.

In my example i saved myscript.sql in C:\TEMP folder.


Second, just open the command prompt

 

And type in:

sqlcmd -U "XX" -P "YYYY" -S "ZZZZ" -i “c:\temp\MyScript.sql”  


You need to specifiy only the login information using:

-U username

-P password

-S the server name

-i the location of your script

 

 
 
 
 

Et voilà! 

That's all for today!
Luca












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  1. James ZicrovDecember 21, 2020 at 1:47 AM

    I guess there is a need to look up for more and more SQL operations and other utilities and dig deeper to find out solutions for database complications.

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