Execute SQL script from command line

Solution 1:

Take a look at the sqlcmd utility. It allows you to execute SQL from the command line.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms162773.aspx

It's all in there in the documentation, but the syntax should look something like this:

sqlcmd -U myLogin -P myPassword -S MyServerName -d MyDatabaseName 
    -Q "DROP TABLE MyTable"

Solution 2:

You can do like this

sqlcmd -S <server Name> -U sa -P sapassword -i inputquery_file_name -o outputfile_name

From your command prompt run sqlcmd /? to get all the options you can use with sqlcmd utility

Solution 3:

If you use Integrated Security, you might want to know that you simply need to use -E like this:

sqlcmd -S Serverinstance -E -i import_file.sql

Solution 4:

Feedback Guys, first create database example live; before execute sql file below.

sqlcmd -U SA -P yourPassword -S YourHost -d live -i live.sql