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I am attempting to deploy a database to a machine by executing a script generated by the "Generate Scripts" tool in SQL Server Management Studio.

Here is the command I've issued:

sqlcmd -S LOCALHOST\sqlexpress -I -U user -P ******** -i 
 C:\Rollouts\NI-9-25-2012_10-42-AM\Rollout.sql > rolloutlog.txt

I'm receiving errors like this:

Sqlcmd: Error: Syntax error at line 39488 near command ''' in file 'C:\Rollouts\ NI-9-25-2012_10-42-AM\Rollout.sql'.

When I view this line with a text editor all signs point to an issue with quotation marks.

The line in question looks like this:

$(''.cat-menu-new'').slideDown(''slow'');

Is there a switch that I should be executing or generating the script with to support quotes within the script?

Hannah Vernon ♦
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asked Sep 25, 2012 at 21:30
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  • The script above looks like JQuery not SQL...??? Commented Sep 25, 2012 at 21:41
  • Are you scripting out the data as well? Can you post any more of the script that was generated? Commented Sep 25, 2012 at 21:53
  • 40k+ line script? Ouch. Commented Sep 25, 2012 at 23:25
  • Haha to clarify a bit more. The script includes HTML and javascript content so yes that content is jQuery code. We ended up creating a backup script that is much faster and easier. Commented Oct 3, 2012 at 15:56

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$(...) denotes a variable in SQLCMD, so it's interpreting your data as a variable.

Use the -x command-line option to disable variables.

answered Sep 25, 2012 at 22:09
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  • 11 years later and this answer is still helping frustrated developers :) Commented Jun 27, 2023 at 15:20
  • In the "go" version of sqlcmd, there's a bug in version 1.7.0 and lower that still tries to parse the placeholders. It's fixed in version 1.8.0. github.com/microsoft/go-sqlcmd/issues/541 Commented Aug 7, 2024 at 9:02

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