Execute T-SQL from a script file with sqlcmd [!INCLUDE SQL Server Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance Azure Synapse Analytics PDW FabricSQLDB] Use sqlcmd to run a Transact-SQL script file. A ...

Now that you’ve automated the fetching of your flat file via FTP, the next step is to automatically import that file into SQL Server. To do this, we’ll use an SQL Server Agent Job.

This post was authored by Tara Raj and Vinson Yu, Program Managers – SQL Server Team We are excited to announce the public preview availability of two new command line tools for SQL Server: The ...

In SSMS, right-click the database and select Tasks > Back Up. Select the Files and filegroups option. Select the files and filegroups that you want to back up and press OK. How to Create a File or ...

I strongly recommend setting the database to simple recovery model. Create the database schema by running Create IMDB-schema.sql in the database. Download and import the IMDB dataset using the ...