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SSMS path error: file specified for :r command was not found

While navigating to the given path on cmd it was working fine but I am not sure why its not working here. :setvar path "C:\Users\hamid\Documents" IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM ...
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Connect to multiple servers and databases and run the same SQL statements

I have a fixed list of SQL Server 2019 (v15) Express databases, distributed across the country. I am hoping to script a way of querying them in a T-SQL batch. Have gotten as far as enabling SQLCMD and ...
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SQL Query fails while running in SQLCMD Mode

I need help, I am writing the SQL code shown below for extracting data from multiple servers from the SSMS window of one SQL Server. I have CMC on SERVER1 and have registered SERVER2 as well and all ...
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Connect to multiple DB's from different servers

I have multiple DB's on different servers and I want to take some information from a table (for example User- this table is on all DB's). So I add all servers and DB's on a cursor and then I run this ...
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SQL variables and the IF statement

I am using T-SQL in SQLCMD mode in SSMS to run various subfile from one file, and the principle file (princ.sql) is where I need to declared and set a variable @MyInteger and run a subfile: DECLARE @...
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How to display the error message when using ":on error exit" in SQLCMD mode?

I have a query with T-SQL statements in SQL Server 2012 with SQLCMD Mode turned On running interactively in SSMS. There's a :on error exit statement. When I run the query, the query window shows "...
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SQLCMD mode: Environment variable syntax

I assume the best way to set my SSMS output file path during runtime of T-SQL, is to use SQLCMD mode. How do I use environment variables (e.g. %systemroot%) in the code? The following bombs: :set ...
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SSMS in SQLCMD mode - Incorrect Syntax

It is my day for weird errors. I use a database project and as a part of Post Deployment, we use SQL Scripts to populate data in our tables. alter authorization on database::atlas to sa; go ALTER ...
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