>>On a weekly basis, we have to update our SQL Server from another SQL Server. We receive a script file to define the tables and a backup to restore the data.
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>>What would be the best way to execute the script and restore the data without having to go into SQL Server Enterprise Manager?
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>What about using osql.exe. You could tell it to run the script and then do the restore.
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>osql -Sserver -ddatabase -E -iscriptfile -ooutputfile
>osql -Sserver -ddatabase -E -Q"restore database dbname from disk='path/file.dat'
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>Or something like that. You might have to use the MOVE option if the database files in the backup don't have the same physical name and path that the target database files do.

That's good.

Is the -o parameter to keep a log?

What is the -e parameter?