How to run sql script using SQL Server Management Studio

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I have been following this tutorial  http   www misfitgeek com 2010 07 adding-asp-net-membership-to-your-own-database   I have installed SQL Server Management Studio Express from here  http   www microsoft com download en details aspx id 8961   1  How can I locate my database   2  How do I run the SQL script on my database from external file

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Open SQL Server Management Studio   File   Open   File   Choose your  sql file  the one that contains your script    Press Open   the file will be opened within SQL Server Management Studio  Now all what you need to do is to press Execute button

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This website has a concise tutorial on how to use SQL Server Management Studio  As you will see you can open a  Query Window   paste your script and run it  It does not allow you to execute scripts by using the file path  However  you can do this easily by using the command line  cmd exe    sqlcmd -S   SQLExpress -i SqlScript sql   Where SqlScript sql is the script file name located at the current directory  See this Microsoft page for more examples

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Found this in another thread that helped me  Use xp cmdshell and sqlcmd Is it possible to execute a text file from SQL query  - by Gulzar Nazim EXEC xp cmdshell   sqlcmd -S      DBServerName     -d       DBName     -i      FilePathName

[sql-server] How to run sql script using SQL Server Management Studio?

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