Question

I am trying to use Dapper to run a SQL Query:

use master
go

if exists (select name from sys.databases where name = N'TestDB')
drop database [TestDB]
go

create database [TestDB] on primary ( 
  name = 'TestDB_Data',
  filename = '$Path\TestDB_Data.mdf',
  size = 40MB,
  maxsize = 2GB,
  filegrowth = 20MB 
)

use [TestDB]
go

create table dbo.Posts
(
  Id int identity not null,
  Body nvarchar (max) null
);

I am using Dapper as follows:

using (SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(connectionString)) {
  connection.Open();
  connection.Execute(sqlQuery);
}

However, I get an error when using GO.

But if I remove the GO statements I get an error when creating Posts because the table TestDB wasn’t created.

Is there a way to use Dapper to solve this?

I was able to do this only using SQL Server SDK.

Answer 1

Dapper cannot help you here. Instead, I would suggest you try SQL Server Management Objects to execute large SQL commands like the one you mentioned. And it does supports GO statements.

You can check out this blog post for step-by-step instructions.