To display a list of Help topics for SQL Command Line, enterHELPINDEXat the SQL prompt as follows: SQL> HELP INDEX From the list of SQL Command Line Help topics, you can display Help about an individual topic by enteringHELPwith a topic name. For example, the following displays Help about...
line installation is supported in the following scenarios: Installing upgrading, or removing an instance and shared components of SQL Server on a local computer by using syntax and parameters specified at the command prompt. Installing upgrading, or removing a failover cluster instance. Upgrading...
Use slash (/) at the command prompt or line number prompt in SQLcl command line. EXEC[UTE] statement Executes a single PL/SQL statement or runs a stored procedure. R[UN] Lists and executes the most recently executed SQLcl command or PL/SQL block which is stored in the SQL buffer. ...
Starting with SQL Server 2017 (14.x), theSQL Server command-line toolsare included in the container image. If you attach to the image with an interactive command-prompt, you can run the tools locally. Use thedocker exec -itcommand to start an interactive bash shell inside your running cont...
From thesqlcmdcommand prompt, paste the following Transact-SQL command to create a test database: SQL CREATEDATABASETestDB; On the next line, write a query to return the name of all of the databases on your server: SQL SELECTNameFROMsys.databases; ...
When multiple results are returned,sqlcmdprints a blank line between each result set in a batch. In addition, the "<x> rows affected" message does not appear when it does not apply to the statement executed. To usesqlcmdinteractively, type sqlcmd at the command prompt with any one or mo...
Command-line Options Remarks Variable Precedence (Low to High) Show 4 more Thesqlcmdutility lets you enter Transact-SQL statements, system procedures, and script files at the command prompt, inQuery Editorin SQLCMD mode, in a Windows script file or in an operating system (Cmd.exe) job step...
Avoid giving the password on the command line. Alternatively, use the SQLCMDPASSWORD environment variable, or interactively input the password by omitting the -P option. We recommend that you use a strong password. The password prompt is displayed by printing the password prompt to the console, ...
line installation is supported in the following scenarios: Installing upgrading, or removing an instance and shared components of SQL Server on a local computer by using syntax and parameters specified at the command prompt. Installing upgrading, or removing a f...
We recommend that you enable global trace flags at startup, by using the -T command line option on Windows, or using mssql-conf on Linux. This ensures the trace flag remains active after a server restart. Restart SQL Server for the trace flag to take effect. If a trace flag has ...