I need to export data from my MS SQL Server 2019, but I need to do so from the command line.
How can I achieve this? What are the best practices for exporting schemas?
As per comments below, I wanted to just use the mdf file but was encouraged not to.
Use the bcp command line utility that allows for exporting data to flat files from tabular.
The utility is part of the sql server setup and is available on your system
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/tools/bcp-utility?view=sql-server-ver15
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I have a .dmp file (oracle data) and I have to import this file into SQL Server 2008 R2. I tried google but get no clear solution. Oracle is on other machine and SQL Server is on other machine. This .DMP file has only tables and data only nothing else.
Any body has any idea?
You can't get there from here. The files that the Oracle export utility (classic or DataPump) generate (which, by convention, frequently use the DMP extension) are proprietary binary files. They can only be consumed by the Oracle import utility (classic or DataPump) which will only allow you to load the data into another Oracle database.
You could load the DMP file into a new Oracle database but then you'll still need to move the data from Oracle to SQL Server. It may well be easier to ignore the DMP file and pull directly from the original Oracle database. There are a variety of tools that can be used to move data from an Oracle database to a SQL Server database. If you want SQL Server to control the process, you could SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS). You could also create a linked server in SQL Server that references the Oracle database and write queries against the Oracle database via that connection. If you wanted Oracle to push the data, you could also use the Oracle Transparent Gateway with Heterogeneous Services to create a database link from Oracle to SQL Server and issue SQL against the remote SQL Server database.
There is a nice StackOverflow thread on moving data from Oracle to SQL Server. The SSIS logic is extremely similar if you're pulling from Oracle to SQL Server or pushing from SQL Server to Oracle.
Oracle Dumps is not readable by SQL.
Simply it cannot be, But you have different solutions
SQL server integration services (SSIS)
Link between oracle and SQL (Oracle Gateway) but it works with SQL Ent.
Export the data from oracle in a delimited format and insert it into SQL, but it will takes time if data is huge.
When I faced with the same problem, I tried to investigate the format manually (in my case the dump file was generated by Oracle EXP). I found that:
Table definitions come as Oracle CREATE TABLE statement that can be converted into MS SQL format easily
Most kind of data ca be extracted quite easy (text goes "as is", numeric values are stored according to IEEE 754 format)
LOBs are stored in quite complicated way, I failed to recognize it
Then I found the tool that was able to do my migration task: https://www.convert-in.com/ord2mss.htm
Vendor said that it can migrate both exp and expdp to sql server, but I have tested it on EXP format only.
I have a local database SQL Server 2008 Express and I have tables along with data in them. I want to export those schemas and data to SQL Azure database.
What I have tried in SQL Management Studio is to right-click database (contextual menu) and Tasks->Generate Scripts. But those SQL scripts were only the schema, stored procedures etc and no data is exported at all.
Then I have tried Tasks->Export Data, but there were no appropriate export types. I have seen only Flat File dump and I think SQL Mgmt Studio 2008 R2 does not support importing flat files for SQL Azure.
Is there a nicer way to export data from SQL Server as sql scripts and execute them on a remote server without using any 3rd party tools?
I found that SQL Azure Migration Tool http://sqlazuremw.codeplex.com/
Very handy and useful. Worked for me.
In Tasks/Generate Scripts you can set Script Options/Script Data to be True, which should script out the data as well.
Not free, but SQL Data Compare will let you move data from on-premise to SQL Azure.
You can try SQL Server Import and Export Wizard.
For Detailed steps reg how to do it, check link.
I have worked with it already and it works fine for both Azure and on-premises.
An article that comprehensively explains available options:
http://parasdoshi.com/2011/06/20/solidq-journal-article-migrating-data-into-microsofts-data-platform-sql-azure/
Full disclosure: i work at SolidQ.com
I need to export my database into a script file using a SQL command.
I'm using MS SQL Server 2010 Express.
Is it possible and if yes whats the command?
This link may be of your use: Generate Script with Data from Database. With it you can use publish command like:
sqlpubwiz script -d AdventureWorks “C:\AdventureWorks.sql”
However its quite easy to use SQL Server Management Studio to export the database.
I want to connect to Sql server and running some sql queries. How can i do that?
Thank you for helps..
Check out the SQLCMD utility:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms165702.aspx
Works not only on SQL Server 2008 Express, but also on the full versions, too.
You really need more detail in your question.
Based on my most common experiences, though, if you're just running some queries and putting the results somewhere, you'd want to create a SSIS (SQL 2k5 or 2k8) or DTS (SQL 2k5 and before) package and either have Windows schedule call the package or call it through your .bat file.
I need to import a database into a SQL Server instance using a batch script and the database is provided by an sql file.
How can I do This?
The SQL file was generated by the SQL Server management studio.
SQL Server has a command line utility called SQLCMD. It will let you do things like run scripts or restore a database backup. The -i parameter allows you to specify an input file.
There is also an article here that has a quick intro to SQLCMD.