How to execute an .SQL script file using c#

Question

I'm sure this question has been answered already, however I was unable to find an answer using the search tool.

Using c# I'd like to run a .sql file. The sql file contains multiple sql statements, some of which are broken over multiple lines. I tried reading in the file and tried executing the file using ODP.NET ... however I don't think ExecuteNonQuery is really designed to do this.

So I tried using sqlplus via spawning a process ... however unless I spawned the process with UseShellExecute set to true sqlplus would hang and never exit. Here's the code that DOESN'T WORK.

Process p = new Process();
p.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
p.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
p.StartInfo.FileName = "sqlplus";
p.StartInfo.Arguments = string.Format("xx/xx@{0} @{1}", in_database, s);
p.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;

bool started = p.Start();
p.WaitForExit();

WaitForExit never returns .... Unless I set UseShellExecute to true. A side effect of UseShellExecute is that you can no capture the redirected output.

Answer 1

Added additional improvements to surajits answer:

using System;
using Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo;
using Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common;
using System.IO;
using System.Data.SqlClient;

namespace MyNamespace
{
    public partial class RunSqlScript : System.Web.UI.Page
    {
        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            var connectionString = @"your-connection-string";
            var pathToScriptFile = Server.MapPath("~/sql-scripts/") + "sql-script.sql";
            var sqlScript = File.ReadAllText(pathToScriptFile);

            using (var connection = new SqlConnection(connectionString))
            {
                var server = new Server(new ServerConnection(connection));
                server.ConnectionContext.ExecuteNonQuery(sqlScript);
            }
        }
    }
}

Also, I had to add the following references to my project:

• C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\120\SDK\Assemblies\Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\120\SDK\Assemblies\Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll

I have no idea if those are the right dll:s to use since there are several folders in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server but in my application these two work.

Answer 2

This works for me:

public void updatedatabase()
{

    SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection("Data Source=" + txtserver.Text.Trim() + ";Initial Catalog=" + txtdatabase.Text.Trim() + ";User ID=" + txtuserid.Text.Trim() + ";Password=" + txtpwd.Text.Trim() + "");
    try
    {

        conn.Open();

        string script = File.ReadAllText(Server.MapPath("~/Script/DatingDemo.sql"));

        // split script on GO command
        IEnumerable<string> commandStrings = Regex.Split(script, @"^\s*GO\s*$", RegexOptions.Multiline | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
        foreach (string commandString in commandStrings)
        {
            if (commandString.Trim() != "")
            {
                new SqlCommand(commandString, conn).ExecuteNonQuery();
            }
        }
        lblmsg.Text = "Database updated successfully.";

    }
    catch (SqlException er)
    {
        lblmsg.Text = er.Message;
        lblmsg.ForeColor = Color.Red;
    }
    finally
    {
        conn.Close();
    }
}

Answer 3

This Works on Framework 4.0 or Higher. Supports "GO". Also show the error message, line, and sql command.

using System.Data.SqlClient;

        private bool runSqlScriptFile(string pathStoreProceduresFile, string connectionString)
    {
        try
        {
            string script = File.ReadAllText(pathStoreProceduresFile);

            // split script on GO command
            System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<string> commandStrings = Regex.Split(script, @"^\s*GO\s*$",
                                     RegexOptions.Multiline | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
            using (SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(connectionString))
            {
                connection.Open();
                foreach (string commandString in commandStrings)
                {
                    if (commandString.Trim() != "")
                    {
                        using (var command = new SqlCommand(commandString, connection))
                        {
                        try
                        {
                            command.ExecuteNonQuery();
                        }
                        catch (SqlException ex)
                        {
                            string spError = commandString.Length > 100 ? commandString.Substring(0, 100) + " ...\n..." : commandString;
                            MessageBox.Show(string.Format("Please check the SqlServer script.\nFile: {0} \nLine: {1} \nError: {2} \nSQL Command: \n{3}", pathStoreProceduresFile, ex.LineNumber, ex.Message, spError), "Warning", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Warning);
                            return false;
                        }
                    }
                    }
                }
                connection.Close();
            }
        return true;
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Warning", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Warning);
            return false;
        }
    }

Answer 4

I couldn't find any exact and valid way to do this. So after a whole day, I came with this mixed code achieved from different sources and trying to get the job done.

But it is still generating an exception ExecuteNonQuery: CommandText property has not been Initialized even though it successfully runs the script file - in my case, it successfully creates the database and inserts data on the first startup.

public partial class Form1 : MetroForm
{
    SqlConnection cn;
    SqlCommand cm;
    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (!CheckDatabaseExist())
        {
            GenerateDatabase();
        }
    }

    private bool CheckDatabaseExist()
    {
        SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(@"Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=SalmanTradersDB;Integrated Security=true");
        try
        {
            con.Open();
            return true;
        }
        catch
        {
            return false;
        }
    }

    private void GenerateDatabase()
    {

        try
        {
            cn = new SqlConnection(@"Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=master;Integrated Security=True");
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            sb.Append(string.Format("drop databse {0}", "SalmanTradersDB"));
            cm = new SqlCommand(sb.ToString() , cn);
            cn.Open();
            cm.ExecuteNonQuery();
            cn.Close();
        }
        catch
        {

        }
        try
        {
            //Application.StartupPath is the location where the application is Installed
            //Here File Path Can Be Provided Via OpenFileDialog
            if (File.Exists(Application.StartupPath + "\\script.sql"))
            {
                string script = null;
                script = File.ReadAllText(Application.StartupPath + "\\script.sql");
                string[] ScriptSplitter = script.Split(new string[] { "GO" }, StringSplitOptions.None);
                using (cn = new SqlConnection(@"Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=master;Integrated Security=True"))
                {
                    cn.Open();
                    foreach (string str in ScriptSplitter)
                    {
                        using (cm = cn.CreateCommand())
                        {
                            cm.CommandText = str;
                            cm.ExecuteNonQuery();
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        catch
        {

        }

    }

}

Answer 5

I tried this solution with Microsoft.SqlServer.Management but it didn't work well with .NET 4.0 so I wrote another solution using .NET libs framework only.

  string script = File.ReadAllText(@"E:\someSqlScript.sql");

  // split script on GO command
  IEnumerable<string> commandStrings = Regex.Split(script, @"^\s*GO\s*$", 
                           RegexOptions.Multiline | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);

  Connection.Open();
  foreach (string commandString in commandStrings)
  {
    if (commandString.Trim() != "")
    {
       using(var command = new SqlCommand(commandString, Connection))
       {
          command.ExecuteNonQuery();
       }
    }
  }     
  Connection.Close();

Answer 6

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo;
using Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common;
using System.IO;
using System.Data.SqlClient;

public partial class ExcuteScript : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
    string sqlConnectionString = @"Integrated Security=SSPI;Persist Security Info=False;Initial Catalog=ccwebgrity;Data Source=SURAJIT\SQLEXPRESS";

    string script = File.ReadAllText(@"E:\Project Docs\MX462-PD\MX756_ModMappings1.sql");

    SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(sqlConnectionString);

    Server server = new Server(new ServerConnection(conn));

    server.ConnectionContext.ExecuteNonQuery(script);
    }
}