Execute scripts

Last modified: March 28, 2025

You can automate executing the scripts using the command line.

1. Open the Command Prompt.

2. Type a path to the datagenerator.com file located in the Data Generator for SQL Server installation folder on your PC, and then press the SPACE key.

"C:\Program Files\Devart\dbForge SQL Tools Professional\dbForge Data Generator for SQL Server\datagenerator.com"

3. To execute the corresponding script, use the /execute command, and press the SPACE key.

"C:\Program Files\Devart\dbForge SQL Tools Professional\dbForge Data Generator for SQL Server\datagenerator.com" /execute /?

4. Specify connection details of the server where to execute the script.

"C:\Program Files\Devart\dbForge SQL Tools Professional\dbForge Data Generator for SQL Server\datagenerator.com" /execute/connection:"Data Source=DBMSSQL\MSSQL2020;Integrated Security=False;User ID=yourusername"

5. Specify the script file.

"C:\Program Files\Devart\dbForge SQL Tools Professional\dbForge Data Generator for SQL Server\datagenerator.com" /execute/connection:"Data Source=DBMSSQL\MSSQL2020;Integrated Security=False;User ID=yourusername" /inputfile:"script.sql"

6. Specify the password.

"C:\Program Files\Devart\dbForge SQL Tools Professional\dbForge Data Generator for SQL Server\datagenerator.com" /execute/connection:"Data Source=DBMSSQL\MSSQL2020;Integrated Security=False;User ID=yourusername" /inputfile:"script.sql"/Password:yourpassword

7. To hide the command line window, use the /quiet command. (Useful for batch files).

"C:\Program Files\Devart\dbForge SQL Tools Professional\dbForge Data Generator for SQL Server\datagenerator.com" /execute/connection:"Data Source=DBMSSQL\MSSQL2020;Integrated Security=False;User ID=yourusername" /inputfile:"script.sql"/Password:yourpassword /quiet

8. Press ENTER to run the process. If you use the /argfile argument, all the following commands are specified inside an argfile:

 /execute
 /connection:"Data Source=DBMSSQL\MSSQL2020;Integrated Security=False;User ID=yourusername"
 /inputfile:"script.sql"

In this case, the command line string will be written as follows:

"C:\Program Files\Devart\dbForge SQL Tools Professional\dbForge Data Generator for SQL Server\datagenerator.com" /argfile:myarg.txt

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