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Asked: 2026-06-14T12:33:46+00:00

I want to run a series of SQL statements against a SQL Server 2005

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I want to run a series of SQL statements against a SQL Server 2005 database from the command line.

When I launch 1st statement 

osql -E -S <Server_Name>\<Instance_Name> -d <Server_Name>

it is going to prompt window 1> from there after I am unable to proceed further through script.

How to give input to 1> prompt I mean giving next SQL statement 

BACKUP DATABASE  TO DISK = 'c:\test.bak' WITH INIT,SKIP

and finally exit to that prompt

I tried with && but I guess that is for only commandline commands.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You ae looking for the -Q switch on the sqlcmd tool (don’t use osql on sqlserver 2005 or higher) (type sqlcmd /? to see all options) or lookit up on msdn

    sqlcmd -E -S <Server_Name>\<Instance_Name> -d <Server_Name> -Q "BACKUP DATABASE TO DISK = 'c:\test.bak' WITH INIT,SKIP"

    Alternatively you can create a sqlscript file where you put all the sql statements in you want to execute. Assuming you name your file myscript.sql the osql command would go like this:

     sqlcmd -E -S <Server_Name>\<Instance_Name> -d <Server_Name> -i myscript.sql
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