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SQLCMD is Microsoft SQL Server's command line utility that allows you execute T-SQL commands from a command prompt.

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SQLCMD mode: environment variable syntax?

I assume the best way to set my SSMS (SQL Server 2005) 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 mypath %systemroot% :out $(mypath)"\the_result.txt" select * from myTab In other words, when using SQLCMD not from the command line, but inside my T-SQL code. …
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