Showing posts with label sqmcmd. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sqmcmd. Show all posts

Monday, March 26, 2012

how to connect to .mdf file with sqmcmd?

The .mdf is just the data file it is not the server. Have you looked up
sqlcmd in BooksOnLine?
Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
"Bob" <bob@.omail.nl> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> i have several mdf files for several asp.net applications. How can i reach
> such a database with sqlcmd?
> Thanks
> Bob
>
Not that I know of. Ssqlcmd talks to the server instance not the file. You
can specify a db name in the connection string but not a file.
Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
"Ken" <kns@.shdv.sd> wrote in message
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> Thanks, i know that mdf is not the server. All i ask is: is it possible to
> manage such a database with sqlcmd (something like 'use mymdf_file').
> Maybe that file is attached to the server ...
> "Andrew J. Kelly" <sqlmvpnooospam@.shadhawk.com> schreef in bericht
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>

Friday, March 23, 2012

how to connect to .mdf file with sqmcmd?

Hi,
i have several mdf files for several asp.net applications. How can i reach
such a database with sqlcmd?
Thanks
BobThe .mdf is just the data file it is not the server. Have you looked up
sqlcmd in BooksOnLine?
Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
"Bob" <bob@.omail.nl> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> i have several mdf files for several asp.net applications. How can i reach
> such a database with sqlcmd?
> Thanks
> Bob
>|||Take a look into the below URL:-
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms162773.aspx
Thanks
Hari
"Bob" <bob@.omail.nl> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> i have several mdf files for several asp.net applications. How can i reach
> such a database with sqlcmd?
> Thanks
> Bob
>|||Thanks, i know that mdf is not the server. All i ask is: is it possible to
manage such a database with sqlcmd (something like 'use mymdf_file'). Maybe
that file is attached to the server ...
"Andrew J. Kelly" <sqlmvpnooospam@.shadhawk.com> schreef in bericht
news:%233v%23A1uVHHA.1036@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> The .mdf is just the data file it is not the server. Have you looked up
> sqlcmd in BooksOnLine?
> --
> Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
> "Bob" <bob@.omail.nl> wrote in message
> news:OuGOrItVHHA.496@.TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>|||Not that I know of. Ssqlcmd talks to the server instance not the file. You
can specify a db name in the connection string but not a file.
Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
"Ken" <kns@.shdv.sd> wrote in message
news:%23M3$h8yVHHA.4404@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Thanks, i know that mdf is not the server. All i ask is: is it possible to
> manage such a database with sqlcmd (something like 'use mymdf_file').
> Maybe that file is attached to the server ...
> "Andrew J. Kelly" <sqlmvpnooospam@.shadhawk.com> schreef in bericht
> news:%233v%23A1uVHHA.1036@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>