I cannot find where the sqlcmd is? i just want the prompt. please help!
Share
Sign Up to our social questions and Answers Engine to ask questions, answer people’s questions, and connect with other people.
Login to our social questions & Answers Engine to ask questions answer people’s questions & connect with other people.
Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive a link and will create a new password via email.
Please briefly explain why you feel this question should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this answer should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this user should be reported.
From http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms166559.aspx
To start the sqlcmd utility and connect to a default instance of SQL Server
On the Start menu click Run. In the Open box type cmd, and then click OK to open a Command Prompt window.
At the command prompt, type sqlcmd.
Press ENTER.
You now have a trusted connection to the default instance of SQL Server that is running on your computer.
1> is the sqlcmd prompt that specifies the line number. Each time you press ENTER, the number increases by one.
To end the sqlcmd session, type EXIT at the sqlcmd prompt.
To start the sqlcmd utility and connect to a named instance of SQL Server
Open a Command Prompt window, and type sqlcmd -S myServer\instanceName. Replace myServer\instanceName with the name of the computer and the instance of SQL Server that you want to connect to.
Press ENTER.
The sqlcmd prompt (1>) indicates that you are connected to the specified instance of SQL Server.
Note:
Entered Transact-SQL statements are stored in a buffer. They are executed as a batch when the GO
EDIT:
Here’s another page that helps with sqlcmd.exe
SQL Server: A crash course in using SqlCmd to manage SQL Server Express