Executing .sql file in c# without using smo

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Hi I want to know whether in c#.net there is any way to execute a .sql file consisting of multiple insert and update statements separated with keyword GO without needing to add microsoft.sqlserver.management.smo. Need this alternative approach because I am getting some version issues when using microsoft.sqlserver.management.smo dll in SQL2k8 R2. I am trying to build an app that should run on any version higher than or equal to SQL 2005 db
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Posted 23-Apr-13 2:17am

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StianSandberg · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-23T02:23:00

You could just use a SqlCommand to execute your sql-query:

C#

var con = new SqlConnection("connstring");
var cmd = new SqlCommand("query", con);
con.Open();
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
con.Close();

If you have a query with one or more GO statements you will have to split the script to separate all queries and execute them one by one

C#

var fileContent = File.ReadAllText("query.sql");
var sqlqueries = fileContent.Split(new[] {" GO "}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);

var con = new SqlConnection("connstring");
var cmd = new SqlCommand("query", con);
con.Open();
foreach (var query in sqlqueries)
{
    cmd.CommandText = query;
    cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
}
con.Close();

Probably a good idea to do this in a transaction. Depending on what kind of sql you are executing.