GO statements blowing up sql execution in .NET

Question

I have a very simple C# command shell app that executes a sql script generated by SQL Server for scripting schema and data. It\'s blowing up on the \"GO\" statements. Error

Answer 1

As others mentioned, split your string by GO statements. But be careful, you may have the text "GO" in other parts of your script. You might also have whitespace before or after the GO statement, and you might have comments on the line after the GO statement also. Any of that would be valid in SSMS, so you may want to test for it.

Here is the method I use:

private static IEnumerable SplitSqlStatements(string sqlScript)
{
    // Split by "GO" statements
    var statements = Regex.Split(
            sqlScript,
            @"^[\t ]*GO[\t ]*\d*[\t ]*(?:--.*)?$",
            RegexOptions.Multiline |
            RegexOptions.IgnorePatternWhitespace |
            RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);

    // Remove empties, trim, and return
    return statements
        .Where(x => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(x))
        .Select(x => x.Trim(' ', '\r', '\n'));
}