SQL Server Data Import using a .sql extension dump

Question

I am trying to import a 15 gb .sql extension dump in SQL Server 2012. I tried the import using sqlcmd command line utility but the dump import failed after importing around 2gbs of data. I didnt find any syntax error in the dump file. I tried this command to import sqlcmd -S (Server) -d (database) -i (filename) So i have a couple of questions:

1. Is there another utility from which i can import .sql extension db dump
2. Is there a limitation on sqlcmd in importing large dumps.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

There's osql command line utility. It also comes with SQL Server and it's located in Tools\\Binn

Command syntax is

osql –H <workstation_name> -S <server_name[\instance_name]> -U <user_login_ID> -P <login_password> –i <full_path_to_script>