SQLServerScripter

Thanks to .NET Core it is finally possible to generate SQL Server databases scripts from Linux (by using C#). For such tasks one usually had to use the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) from Microsoft - which doesn't run on Linux:

Setup

Prerequisite

SQLServerScripter needs to run on .Net Core 2.0.

Install .Net Core and

First install Microsoft .Net Core.

I recommend using the Docker image:

sudo docker pull microsoft/dotnet:2.0.0-sdk

Get the code

Now clone this GitHub repository:

git clone git@github.com:mkurz/SQLServerScripter.git

Let's assume you cloned it into the folder /path/to/SQLServerScripter/.

Usage

Let's say you want a script to be saved in the folder /path/to/output/folder/. Start a docker container like this:

sudo docker run -it -v /path/to/SQLServerScripter/:/SQLServerScripter -v /path/to/output/folder/:/SQLScripts --rm microsoft/dotnet:2.0.0-sdk

Inside the container you can now run the SQLServerScripter inside the /SQLServerScripter/ folder by calling:

dotnet run <datasource> <database> <username> <outputFolder>

The program will then prompt you for the database password. (The first run may take a couple of seconds because some dependencies have to be evaluated first)

For example:

cd /SQLServerScripter/
# Script the SQL Server database "Northwind" with user "Einstein" running on another docker container or the host via IP on port 1436:
dotnet run 172.17.0.5,1436 Northwind Einstein /SQLScripts/
# Script an Azure SQL Server database "Westwind" with user "DaVinci" running in the Azure cloud:
dotnet run someAzureDomain.database.windows.net Westwind DaVinci /SQLScripts/

Modify the code

If you have a look in the source code you will recognize that you can easily change the parameters for the generated script by changing the ScriptingOptions properties.

Just FYI (but probably not relevant for you anyway): The NuGet packages you see in /bin/nuget were copied over from Microsoft's SQL Tools Service - which is (also) used in the Visual Studio Code mssql plugin.

Hint

The generated script should be UTF-8 encoded. However it seems some comments, etc. use Windows line breaks. You can convert the sql script to a unix file by running:

dos2unix myscript.sql