If you try to run a CREATE statement in a query (right click on a database in the Server Explorer) you receive this message.
So i wrote a small utility which will do the job for me.
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace MdfExec
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string _cnStr;
if (args.Length == 2)
{
_cnStr =
"data source=.\\SQLEXPRESS;Integrated Security=SSPI;" +
"AttachDBFilename=" + args[1] + ";User Instance=true;";
}
else
{
OpenFileDialog fd = new OpenFileDialog();
fd.AddExtension = true;
fd.DefaultExt = ".mdf";
fd.ShowDialog();
_cnStr =
"data source=.\\SQLEXPRESS;Integrated Security=SSPI;" +
"AttachDBFilename=" + fd.FileName + ";User Instance=true;";
}
using (SqlConnection _cn = new SqlConnection(_cnStr))
{
using(SqlCommand _cmd = _cn.CreateCommand())
{
using (StreamReader fs = File.OpenText(args[0]))
{
_cmd.CommandText = fs.ReadToEnd();
_cmd.Connection.Open();
_cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
}
}
}
}
}
}
You can now right click on a *.sql file choose "open with ..." and select MdfExec.exe to execute the SQL statement.
Since there is no second parameter (but needed to define to which database to connect) a OpenFileDialog will prompt:
Happy coding