I am using SQL Server 2008 (Express Edition).
I want to create a job which will delete all data from the all the table(>50) in the DB everyday at night 1:00.
Instead of Deleteting i decide to restore the DB from the Script.
It would have been easy by using SQL Server Agent, But this is limitation in SQL Server Express.
I figured out that we can create jobs "manually" by creating batch files and SQL script files, and running them via Windows Task Scheduler.
I have no clue what i have to write in bat file and sql file.This is my first time where i am working so deeply in SQL configuration. Can someone help please?
Name of the script which i need to restore is test.sql.
If any one has different approach , please share.
Thanks
Prat
Your batch files needs to look like this. Change the path to your .sql file and also put in the sql server info. You can read more about sqlcmd HERE. Also note the case on the switches -S and -i as it does matter.
sqlcmd -S <ComputerName>\<InstanceName> -i C:\test.sql
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I'm still pretty new to SQL Server but have a ton of experience with Oracle. How do I run a SQL script while I'm inside a SQLCMD session? Is their something analogous to "SQL>#C:[mypath]\myscript.sql" (Oracle) for SQL Server?
I'm sick of opening scripts and running them using bloated SQL Server Studio.
sqlcmd -i file executes a file.
Can't recommend enough to check all the options in the docs.
I found what I was looking for. You can use this in SQLCMD and in SSMS Query as long as you open it up in "SQLCMD Mode"
:r [path]\myscript.sql
TransactSQL to run another TransactSQL script
Thanks for your responses. Much thanks.
Could anyone please explain to me how to create jobs in SQL Server Express edition?
SQL Server Express doesn't include SQL Server Agent, so it's not possible to just create SQL Agent jobs.
What you can do is:
You can create jobs "manually" by creating batch files and SQL script files, and running them via Windows Task Scheduler.
For example, you can backup your database with two files like this:
backup.bat:
sqlcmd -i backup.sql
backup.sql:
backup database TeamCity to disk = 'c:\backups\MyBackup.bak'
Just put both files into the same folder and exeute the batch file via Windows Task Scheduler.
The first file is just a Windows batch file which calls the sqlcmd utility and passes a SQL script file.
The SQL script file contains T-SQL. In my example, it's just one line to backup a database, but you can put any T-SQL inside. For example, you could do some UPDATE queries instead.
If the jobs you want to create are for backups, index maintenance or integrity checks, you could also use the excellent Maintenance Solution by Ola Hallengren.
It consists of a bunch of stored procedures (and SQL Agent jobs for non-Express editions of SQL Server), and in the FAQ there’s a section about how to run the jobs on SQL Server Express:
How do I get started with the SQL Server Maintenance Solution on SQL Server Express?
SQL Server Express has no SQL Server Agent. Therefore, the execution of the stored procedures must be scheduled by using cmd files and Windows Scheduled Tasks. Follow these steps.
SQL Server Express has no SQL Server Agent. Therefore, the execution
of the stored procedures must be scheduled by using cmd files and
Windows Scheduled Tasks. Follow these steps.
Download MaintenanceSolution.sql.
Execute MaintenanceSolution.sql. This script creates the stored procedures that you need.
Create cmd files to execute the stored procedures; for example:
sqlcmd -E -S .\SQLEXPRESS -d master -Q "EXECUTE dbo.DatabaseBackup #Databases = 'USER_DATABASES', #Directory =
N'C:\Backup', #BackupType = 'FULL'" -b -o C:\Log\DatabaseBackup.txt
In Windows Scheduled Tasks, create tasks to call the cmd files.
Schedule the tasks.
Start the tasks and verify that they are completing successfully.
The functionality of creating SQL Agent Jobs is not available in SQL Server Express Edition. An alternative is to execute a batch file that executes a SQL script using Windows Task Scheduler.
In order to do this first create a batch file named sqljob.bat
sqlcmd -S servername -U username -P password -i <path of sqljob.sql>
Replace the servername, username, password and path with yours.
Then create the SQL Script file named sqljob.sql
USE [databasename]
--T-SQL commands go here
GO
Replace the [databasename] with your database name. The USE and GO is necessary when you write the SQL script.
sqlcmd is a command-line utility to execute SQL scripts. After creating these two files execute the batch file using Windows Task Scheduler.
NB: An almost same answer was posted for this question before. But I felt it was incomplete as it didn't specify about login information using sqlcmd.
SQL Server Express editions are limited in some ways - one way is that they don't have the SQL Agent that allows you to schedule jobs.
There are a few third-party extensions that provide that capability - check out e.g.:
Express Agent for SQL Server Express: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs and Mail (latest update is from 2005, it isn't maintained anymore).
SQL Scheduler
Could anyone please explain to me how to create jobs in SQL Server Express edition?
SQL Server Express doesn't include SQL Server Agent, so it's not possible to just create SQL Agent jobs.
What you can do is:
You can create jobs "manually" by creating batch files and SQL script files, and running them via Windows Task Scheduler.
For example, you can backup your database with two files like this:
backup.bat:
sqlcmd -i backup.sql
backup.sql:
backup database TeamCity to disk = 'c:\backups\MyBackup.bak'
Just put both files into the same folder and exeute the batch file via Windows Task Scheduler.
The first file is just a Windows batch file which calls the sqlcmd utility and passes a SQL script file.
The SQL script file contains T-SQL. In my example, it's just one line to backup a database, but you can put any T-SQL inside. For example, you could do some UPDATE queries instead.
If the jobs you want to create are for backups, index maintenance or integrity checks, you could also use the excellent Maintenance Solution by Ola Hallengren.
It consists of a bunch of stored procedures (and SQL Agent jobs for non-Express editions of SQL Server), and in the FAQ there’s a section about how to run the jobs on SQL Server Express:
How do I get started with the SQL Server Maintenance Solution on SQL Server Express?
SQL Server Express has no SQL Server Agent. Therefore, the execution of the stored procedures must be scheduled by using cmd files and Windows Scheduled Tasks. Follow these steps.
SQL Server Express has no SQL Server Agent. Therefore, the execution
of the stored procedures must be scheduled by using cmd files and
Windows Scheduled Tasks. Follow these steps.
Download MaintenanceSolution.sql.
Execute MaintenanceSolution.sql. This script creates the stored procedures that you need.
Create cmd files to execute the stored procedures; for example:
sqlcmd -E -S .\SQLEXPRESS -d master -Q "EXECUTE dbo.DatabaseBackup #Databases = 'USER_DATABASES', #Directory =
N'C:\Backup', #BackupType = 'FULL'" -b -o C:\Log\DatabaseBackup.txt
In Windows Scheduled Tasks, create tasks to call the cmd files.
Schedule the tasks.
Start the tasks and verify that they are completing successfully.
The functionality of creating SQL Agent Jobs is not available in SQL Server Express Edition. An alternative is to execute a batch file that executes a SQL script using Windows Task Scheduler.
In order to do this first create a batch file named sqljob.bat
sqlcmd -S servername -U username -P password -i <path of sqljob.sql>
Replace the servername, username, password and path with yours.
Then create the SQL Script file named sqljob.sql
USE [databasename]
--T-SQL commands go here
GO
Replace the [databasename] with your database name. The USE and GO is necessary when you write the SQL script.
sqlcmd is a command-line utility to execute SQL scripts. After creating these two files execute the batch file using Windows Task Scheduler.
NB: An almost same answer was posted for this question before. But I felt it was incomplete as it didn't specify about login information using sqlcmd.
SQL Server Express editions are limited in some ways - one way is that they don't have the SQL Agent that allows you to schedule jobs.
There are a few third-party extensions that provide that capability - check out e.g.:
Express Agent for SQL Server Express: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs and Mail (latest update is from 2005, it isn't maintained anymore).
SQL Scheduler
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.
I need to backup SQL Server database.
Is it possible to do this automatically without human intervention at regular intervals? If so yes then please suggest me how to do it and I'm using SQL Server 2005 Express Edition.
You'll need this:
http://www.codeplex.com/ExpressMaint
Then you can create a .cmd file to run it and schedule it using Scheduled Tasks. I can't give you an exact command line because your setup will be different from mine, but the docs are here:
http://www.sqldbatips.com/showarticle.asp?ID=27
http://www.sqldbatips.com/showarticle.asp?ID=29
There's a walkthrough on backing up SQL Server Express here
in sql 2005 scripts templates you will find backup script
from your code run this script in the time you want to backup your database
thats it i guess