Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 05/20/06 01:14

Jeff Kish (jeff.kish@mro.com) writes:
> I need to give my customer an sql file that they can run in query
> analyzer. All the stuff they need to run is in a set of existing files.
> I'd like to just tell them to load this file (this is oracle syntax):
>
>
> @file1.sql
> @file2.sql
> @file3.sql
>
>
> is there some way of calling these files (that are in the same dir) from a
> master sql file?

In Query Analyzer, no. In the command-line tool OSQL, yes. But I would
prefer to run each script from a separate OSQL invocation, and but that
in a .Bat file.

When you invoke OSQL, be sure to use the -I option to turn on the setting
QUOTED_IDENTIFIER which is off by default with OSQL.


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