What is .sql file?
How to create a .sql file?
How to view a .sql file?
Can we convert .txt file to .sql file?
How to create a .sql file using notepad else with any other software?
All the above questions are with respect to Oracle 10g database Express Edition...
Usually, a .sql file is just a text file with SQL queries or PL/SQL blocks or maybe SQL*Plus scripts.
So, yes, you can just edit those in Notepad (if you have no better text editor).
A file with the .sql extension is just to help the reader to know that the file contains SQL. Other than that, a .sql file is the same as .txt. You can save somefile.txt as somefile.sql.
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I have a .SQL file downloaded locally, and I've been tasked with extracting a DDL file from it. I'm not sure the best way to go about this, as I only want to analyze the code - not the database. Thanks!
I tried opening the .SQL file in Dataspell, but it was restricted to being read-only because of the file size.
i have a 3GB sql file and i can't open directly on management studio,so,i have to split the file and execute the parts.but,how i'll split the file? or execute directly without outOfMemory exception?
i'm using SQL SERVER 2014 and i didn't have sucess restoring the .sql with cmd..
I have faced this before..Use sqlcmd utility.. very easy to use.. in this case you just have to give the path of one big script file with few other parameters. Refer to microsoft documentation.
Hope that helps
that sucks. you should be able to load the .sql file via command line. this is how most data warehousing companies load large db/sql files in order launch databases. this should NOT be opened with any IDEs and loading it via command line is the only way it's done.
if I were you I'd try to load the file via cmd again because that's the way to do it.
I have a .sql file. How can I convert this .sql file to a .mdf SQL Server database file?
I know that .sql file is nothing but a script file if I open the .sql file in notepad it will show me the db code I can simply copy those code and paste into SQL Server Management Studio.
Is there any other way to convert .sql to .mdf file?
Unless your SQL file contains the script to create a database, your question wouldn't make any sense. If it does contain such script you need an environment to execute it. There are many tools that will allow you to do that. For example, many IDE tools that integrate with SQL Server have such capability.
So to answer your question: it is impossible to convert SQL file to MDF. You, however, can sometimes use an SQL file to build MDF.
I have a .sql file I need to enter in to my database, but I can't find how to do it.
I'm using SQL Server Management Studio R2, but haven't found any options on how to add it.
When I try to attach it, I'm told that this file isn't a primary database file, so I can't do it...
EDIT: okay, I had the script execute. That worked.
A .SQL file is a script file that contain SQL commands. To run those commands you need to go to the menu: FILE, then OPEN and FILE..., browse and select the .SQL file and it will open it, you can then run it (F5). Make sure the current database is the one where you want those commands to occur within.
A .sql file is a script, not a database.
Will this work for you?
In Management Studio, click on menu File -> Open -> File -> navigate to the file.
After the file has opened, you can click F5 to run the SQL.
A .sql file is usually a script (DML, DDL, other commands) which can be run against a database. It may create objects, databases, add or remove data. You can open it (File...Open) in SSMS (or view it in any text editor) and then execute it (after carefully reviewing the script).
File->Open, browse to the file, load it. Make sure the right database is selected in the drop-down box above the editor. F5 to execute.
I have a database that was given to me, but is in a file format (.sql). I want to open it in my SQL Server, but I don't know how, because it says i need a .mdf file?
Can someone help?
Open up the .sql file - if it contains SQL code in plain text, you have most likely received the database as a create script. Run it in SQL Server Management Studio.
A .sql file is (usually) just a series of SQL commands that you execute on the SQL server using your preferred GUI or CLI. Try opening it in Notepad to see what I mean.
Click on the data base.
Right click displays drop down menu.
Select execute SQL file.
Search for your .SQL file
Click on start button
Click close.
Press F5.
.Sql file is just a random file holding some SQL queries. While .mdf and .ldf are Microsoft SQL Server Database files which hold an entire database.
Run your file in SQL Server Management Studio.