Best script to restore multiple databases with SQL Server 2012?

Question

I have to restore around 60 SQL databases of different sizes. I googled to find a script to restore all databases after each other , just picking it 1 by 1 from my folder. I was

Answer 1

If your file names match with your db names, you can do something like this :

DECLARE @FilesCmdshell TABLE (
    outputCmd NVARCHAR (255)
)   
DECLARE @FilesCmdshellCursor CURSOR 
DECLARE @FilesCmdshellOutputCmd AS NVARCHAR(255)

INSERT INTO @FilesCmdshell (outputCmd) EXEC master.sys.xp_cmdshell 'dir /B  C:\folder\*.bak'    
SET @FilesCmdshellCursor = CURSOR FOR SELECT outputCmd FROM @FilesCmdshell

OPEN @FilesCmdshellCursor
FETCH NEXT FROM @FilesCmdshellCursor INTO @FilesCmdshellOutputCmd
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN   
    DECLARE @cmd NVARCHAR(MAX) = 'RESTORE DATABASE [' + SUBSTRING(@FilesCmdshellOutputCmd, 0, CHARINDEX('.', @FilesCmdshellOutputCmd)) + '] FROM  DISK = N''C:\folder\' + SUBSTRING(@FilesCmdshellOutputCmd, 0, CHARINDEX('.', @FilesCmdshellOutputCmd)) + '.bak'' WITH  FILE = 1,  NOUNLOAD,  STATS = 10'
    EXEC(@cmd)

    FETCH NEXT FROM @FilesCmdshellCursor INTO @FilesCmdshellOutputCmd
END