Here is the batch file that I am using:
cd "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn"
sqlcmd -S xxxxxxxx -d SQLEXPRESSAO12 -i "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\AO12.sql" -U cga\administrator -P xxxxxxxxxxxx
pause
And here is the result:
Named Pipes Provider: Could not open a connection to SQL Server [2]...
I have checked the instance name a thousand times, I have made sure that there is read/write access to the folder and I have made sure that remote connections are allowed and that named pipes protocol is turned on. I have also made sure that the SQLServer
Service is running on the administrator account.
I got the script file from SSSM and it works just fine inside of SSSM, but here is the script file contents:
BACKUP DATABASE [GHA-AO] TO DISK = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.SQLEXPRESSAO12\MSSQL\Backup\GHA-AO.bak' WITH NOFORMAT, NOINIT, NAME = N'GHA-AO-Full Database Backup', SKIP, NOREWIND, NOUNLOAD, STATS = 10
GO
Susan E. Russel