How do I run large SQL scripts that contain many keywords, including “GO” using C#?

Question

I\'m creating a web application that serves as a front end to do SQL Replication.

I have many scripts stored in the properties of the program. Let\'s use the first o

Answer 1

Change your ConstructCreatePublicationScript to return a List where each string element is a piece of your complete script splitted at the GO statement. This is necessary because the GO is the separator used by Management Studio and not a SQL statement

public static List ConstructCreatePublicationScript(string rawPublicationScript, string rawAddArticleScript)
{
    .....

    List result = new List();
    result.AddRange(Regex.Split(createPublicationScript, "^GO$", RegexOptions.Multiline));
    return result;
}

then change your execution code to receive the list and execute each single string

public static void CreatePublication(string server, List queries)    
{    
    string finalConnString = Properties.Settings.Default.rawConnectionString.Replace("<>", server).Replace("<>", "tempdb");    

     using (SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(finalConnString))    
     {    
         conn.Open();    
         foreach(string query in queries)
         {
             using (SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(query, conn))    
             {    
                 cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();    
             }
         }    
      }    
}