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SQL Command Prompt Utilities (Database Engine) |
Command prompt utilities enable you to script SQL Server operations. This article lists many command prompt utilities that ship with SQL Server. |
markingmyname |
maghan |
03/14/2017 |
sql |
tools-other |
conceptual |
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>=aps-pdw-2016||=azuresqldb-current||=azure-sqldw-latest||>=sql-server-2016||>=sql-server-linux-2017 |
[!INCLUDESQL Server Azure SQL Database Synapse Analytics PDW]
Command prompt utilities enable you to script [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] operations. The following table contains a list of many command prompt utilities that ship with [!INCLUDEssNoVersion].
For information on the main SQL gui and command-line tools, see SQL Tools Overview.
| Utility | Description | Installed in |
|---|---|---|
| bcp Utility | Used to copy data between an instance of [!INCLUDEmsCoName] [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] and a data file in a user-specified format. | <drive:>\Program Files\[!INCLUDEmsCoName] [!INCLUDEssNoVersion]\Client SDK\ODBC\110\Tools\Binn |
| dta Utility | Used to analyze a workload and recommend physical design structures to optimize server performance for that workload. | [!INCLUDEssInstallPathVar]Tools\Binn |
| dtexec Utility | Used to configure and execute an [!INCLUDEssISnoversion] package. A user interface version of this command prompt utility is called DTExecUI, which brings up the Execute Package Utility. | [!INCLUDEssInstallPathVar]DTS\Binn |
| dtutil Utility | Used to manage SSIS packages. | [!INCLUDEssInstallPathVar]DTS\Binn |
| Deploy Model Solutions with the Deployment Utility | Used to deploy [!INCLUDEssASnoversion] projects to instances of [!INCLUDEssASnoversion]. | [!INCLUDEssInstallPathVar]Tools\Binn\VShell\Common7\IDE |
| osql Utility | Allows you to enter [!INCLUDEtsql] statements, system procedures, and script files at the command prompt. | [!INCLUDEssInstallPathVar]Tools\Binn |
| Profiler Utility | Used to start [!INCLUDEssSqlProfiler] from a command prompt. | [!INCLUDEssInstallPathVar]Tools\Binn |
| RS.exe Utility (SSRS) | Used to run scripts designed for managing [!INCLUDEssRSnoversion] report servers. | [!INCLUDEssInstallPathVar]Tools\Binn |
| rsconfig Utility (SSRS) | Used to configure a report server connection. | [!INCLUDEssInstallPathVar]Tools\Binn |
| rskeymgmt Utility (SSRS) | Used to manage encryption keys on a report server. | [!INCLUDEssInstallPathVar]Tools\Binn |
| sqlagent90 Application | Used to start [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Agent from a command prompt. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\<instance_name>\MSSQL\Binn |
| sqlcmd Utility | Allows you to enter [!INCLUDEtsql] statements, system procedures, and script files at the command prompt. | <drive:>\Program Files\[!INCLUDEmsCoName] [!INCLUDEssNoVersion]\Client SDK\ODBC\110\Tools\Binn |
| SQLdiag Utility | Used to collect diagnostic information for [!INCLUDEmsCoName] Customer Service and Support. | [!INCLUDEssInstallPathVar]Tools\Binn |
| sqllogship Application | Used by applications to perform backup, copy, and restore operations and associated clean-up tasks for a log shipping configuration without running the backup, copy, and restore jobs. | [!INCLUDEssInstallPathVar]Tools\Binn |
| SqlLocalDB Utility | An execution mode of [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] targeted to program developers. | [!INCLUDEssInstallPathVar]Tools\Binn |
| sqlmaint Utility | Used to execute database maintenance plans created in previous versions of [!INCLUDEssNoVersion]. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL13.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Binn |
| sqlps Utility | Used to run PowerShell commands and scripts. Loads and registers the [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] PowerShell provider and cmdlets. | [!INCLUDEssInstallPathVar]Tools\Binn |
| sqlservr Application | Used to start and stop an instance of [!INCLUDEssDE] from the command prompt for troubleshooting. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL13.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Binn |
| Ssms Utility | Used to start [!INCLUDEssManStudioFull] from a command prompt. | [!INCLUDEssInstallPathVar]Tools\Binn\VSShell\Common7\IDE |
| tablediff Utility | Used to compare the data in two tables for non-convergence, which is useful when troubleshooting a replication topology. | [!INCLUDEssInstallPathVar]COM |
| Convention | Used for |
|---|---|
| UPPERCASE | Statements and terms used at the operating system level. |
monospace |
Sample commands and program code. |
| italic | User-supplied parameters. |
| bold | Commands, parameters, and other syntax that must be typed exactly as shown. |