Question

I often have to ‘Generate Scripts’ for stored procedures on SQL Server Management Studio. I need to create a WPF app that will take the file produced and execute it. I know you can do this:

SqlCommand insert = new SqlCommand(sql, conn);
insert.ExecuteNonQuery();

If I pass the entire scripts file text into sql, will this execute everything?

Answer 1

Look at this: How to execute an .SQL script file using c#

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo;
using Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common;
using System.IO;
using System.Data.SqlClient;

[…]

private void Execute(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    string sqlConnectionString = @"Integrated Security=SSPI;Persist Security Info=False;Initial Catalog=ccwebgrity;Data Source=SURAJIT\SQLEXPRESS";

    FileInfo file = new FileInfo(@"E:\Project Docs\MX462-PD\MX756_ModMappings1.sql");

    string script = file.OpenText().ReadToEnd();

    SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(sqlConnectionString);

    Server server = new Server(new ServerConnection(conn));

    server.ConnectionContext.ExecuteNonQuery(script);
    file.OpenText().Close();    
}