How to execute an .SQL script file using c#

Question

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Using c# I\'d like to run a .sql file. The sql file

Answer 1

Using EntityFramework, you can go with a solution like this. I use this code to initialize e2e tests. De prevent sql injection attacks, make sure not to generate this script based on user input or use command parameters for this (see overload of ExecuteSqlCommand that accepts parameters).

public static void ExecuteSqlScript(string sqlScript)
{
    using (MyEntities dataModel = new MyEntities())
    {
        // split script on GO commands
        IEnumerable commands = 
            Regex.Split(
                sqlScript, 
                @"^\s*GO\s*$",
                RegexOptions.Multiline | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);

        foreach (string command in commands)
        {
            if (command.Trim() != string.Empty)
            {
                dataModel.Database.ExecuteSqlCommand(command);
            }
        }              
    }
}