How to use sqlcmd and gridview in ASP.NET

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The below line in asp.net executes the input file xx.sql and provides the output in Output.txt file. But I need to get the output in the application itself, inside a gridview. My code needs to be in the same format mentioned in the below example itself. Please send me the modification that I need to do here so that the output will be displayed inside a grid instead of a txt file.

sqlCommand = "-U xx -P xx -S xxx -i D:\\xx.sql -o D:\Output.txt";
Process RunSQLScript = new Process();
RunSQLScript.StartInfo.FileName = "sqlcmd";
RunSQLScript.StartInfo.Arguments = sqlCommand;
RunSQLScript.Start();

What I have tried:

Tried with the below. But it prints the result in command prompt.
-U xx -P xx -S xxx\\sqlexpress -i D:\\xx.sql -p

Posted 26-Mar-17 23:01pm

Member 13076177

Updated 12-Apr-17 17:50pm

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Richard Deeming 28-Mar-17 12:01pm

So use ADO.NET[^] to load the data directly, rather than launching a separate process to run the query.

What's the question?

Member 13076177 4-Apr-17 5:50am

Thank you for your suggestion. But using 'sqlcmd' utility is as part of the project requirement. So is there any way to get the output in a gridview by using sqlcmd itself

Richard Deeming 4-Apr-17 7:00am

That's an absolutely absurd requirement!

Is this some sort of homework or interview question?

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.Net Jim · Answer 1 · 2017-04-12T17:50:00

The gridview and the sql command are not meant to work together. Sqlcommand is meant to maintain a database, not to load an application with it.

The best you could hope for is to convert the database to an xml file. Then you could load the xml file with an xml data source.

You will find many angry responses because the ado.net is meant to load things for this. Ado.Net is made to run directly with gridview. Who ever is requiring this is not good and is requiring you to use a bicycle when you have a car. Again, Sql command is an old tool for database work, not for loading Asp.Net.

Introduction to ASP.NET Web Forms: Grid View Control & Data Binding - YouTube[^]