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Add a way to run commands from a file

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sqlcmd provides a :r meta-command to run commands from a file in the current session. psql spells it \i. Does this feature exist in mssql-cli? I tried both :r and (for the heck of it) \i to no avail, though the latter did pop up a tantalizing file browser. 🤔

$ mssql-cli -d foo
Version: 0.8.0
Mail: sqlcli@microsoft.com
Home: http://github.com/dbcli/mssql-cli
foo>:r bar.sql
Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 1
Incorrect syntax near ':'.

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$ mssql-cli -d foo
Version: 0.8.0
Mail: sqlcli@microsoft.com
Home: http://github.com/dbcli/mssql-cli
foo>\i foo.sql
Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 1
Incorrect syntax near '\'.

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Created 6 years ago
Reactions:29
Comments:19 (4 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

15reactions

lycoviancommented, May 16, 2018

I was curious as to the status of being able to pipe or run script files. Also +1 as it would solve a important developer CI/CD use case for us.

11reactions

pensivebriancommented, Jan 11, 2018

Hello, @whit537. Currently, mssql-cli does not support running command from a file. However, adding support for this is on our roadmap, though I don’t have any exact timelines. If I had to guess, this is two, maybe three months out. Thanks for the feedback! Issues like this, along with upvotes, help prioritize our work.