Does anyone know of a good hard core SQLCMD (not the ADO.Net object, the OSQL replacement that ships with SQL Server 2005) reference? The SQL Books Online documentation for this new tool is terrible, and Google isn’t turning up much more than basic primers. I’m looking for a hard core top to bottom detailed article (either online or print is fine) discussing the usage of it given my disdain for the new Management Studio (MS) I griped about earlier.
What little I have done with SQLCMD thusfar has been great; it’s a nice replacement for OSQL (quite a bit easier to use), and the performance is leaps and bounds beyond MS as it uses the native .Net SqlClient OleDb provider instead of ODBC. I’m just surprised at the lack of information out in the wild on this tool.
Here’s a nice (very high level) comparison of SQLCMD vs OSQL. I’m definitely sold on it, I just need information people!
Posted
Nov 28 2005, 05:26 PM
by
Jayson Knight