I want to run a daily script file on a Windows based SQL server. Currently I'm running it on a Linux machine so all I have to type is: "./MyScript.sh" and it runs once.
I'm not familiar with SQL Servers, not really sure if they have a terminal similar to Linux. Does anyone know how I would get this script to run everyday at 7:30am on a 2008 SQL server? Could I just enter a command into a terminal of sorts and still use the terminal for other tasks? I believe I don't have access to Crontab.
Thanks for your time!
For a terminal of sorts you could use cmd.exe (Start / Run / cmd.exe) and then use sqlcmd; sqlcmd /? will show the many options. You could then create a batch file that could be scheduled with the Windows Task Scheduler
Or as M.Ali says, if you are running an edition and version of SQL that has the SQL Server Agent, add jobs using Sql Server Management Studio.
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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
During installation, I opted for manual startup of my SQL Server 2014 instance. The official MS documentation states that you should enter the following command into a command prompt to start it:
sqlservr
I tried that, as well as
sqlservr.exe
However, the command is not recognized, and running the command prompt in administrator mode doesn't work either. How do I manually start SQL Server 2014?
Generally you should use net start MSSQLSERVER command to run service, and not executable file you've mentioned.
In most cases, the sqlservr.exe program is only used for troubleshooting or major maintenance.
Also it makes sense where exactly this executable is located.
For the default instance, run sqlservr from the \MSSQL\Binn directory. For a named instance, run sqlservr from the \MSSQL$instance_name\Binn directory.
When SQL Server is started from the command prompt with sqlservr.exe, SQL Server does not start as a service, so you cannot stop SQL Server using net commands.
See MSDN article about starting and stopping SQL Server and sqlservr.exe related article.
My MVC3 application is using an SQL Server 2008 to store data. In particular - support ticket management data.
I have a table in a database - Tickets.
I are reviewing a possibility of implementing a recurring ticket registration, using an SQL Server features.
Is there a built-in SQL Server functionality, that would allow me to schedule, a, for example, once a week creation of a row in a database table?
I would use the SQL Server Agent and run a Transact-SQL Job Step.
Note that the agent runs as a service under a particular account, which will need rights to be able to carry out whatever operations your need.
Unfortunately you haven't mentioned your SQL Server Edition. If you have Express then there is no built-in scheduler so you need to use the Windows scheduler to run a batch file or other program that connects to SQL Server.
If you have any other edition, then you have SQL Agent which is a full scheduler with support for just about any task including running SQL statements.
You can easily use the Windows SchedTask Control Panel to schedule a batch file to run periodically:
In the batch file create a SQL string like so:
SET SQLSTRING=INSERT INTO Persons^
VALUES (4,'Nilsen', 'Johan', 'Bakken 2',^
'Stavanger');
Then, just enable delayed expansion and use something like this:
sqlcmd.exe -b -S localhost -E -d !DBNAME! -Q "!SQLSTRING!" -W
i have installed Sql Server 2008, Oracle 10I and DB2, i want a Dos batch file which can display which databases are running.
Thanks
This will be a pretty complicated batch file to write. You will need to use other tools to determine which of the database server types you mentioned are running. You would be better off writing an application to do this.
I have written an sql script for updating a database that runs in SQL server 2005.
I want to make those changes to the production DB server but I dont want to run the query from the query analyzer. Is there a way to run the sql script from a console?
create a batch file that points to the script or scripts that you created and run that batch file.
Here follow this tutorial link
You can use sqlcmd. It gets installed together with installing the Query Analyzer.
The sqlcmd utility lets you enter
Transact-SQL statements, system
procedures, and script files at the
command prompt, in Query Editor in
SQLCMD mode, in a Windows script file
or in an operating system (Cmd.exe)
job step of a SQL Server Agent job.
This utility uses OLE DB to execute
Transact-SQL batches.