Is there a way to suppress “x rows affected” in SQLCMD from the command line?

Question

Is there a way to suppress \"x rows affected\" in SQLCMD from the command line?

I\'m running an MSBuild script and don\'t want it clogging up my log on my build se

Answer 1

What about creating a startup script with SET NOCOUNT ON in the script (assign the script to the SQLCMDINI environment variable). http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms162773.aspx

Answer 2

You can also run multiple lines in the -Q parameter, separated by semicolon, like below

eg:

-Q "set nocount on;select * from table;delete from table where some_condition=true"

Answer 3

The -i and -q options are mutually exclusive.

Create a file named setnocount.sql with the content:

SET NOCOUNT ON;

And you might be able to do -i setnocount.sql,otherscript.sql using the multiple files feature and effectively an "included" common first file.