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Obtaining symbol files (.PDB) for SQL Server Releases

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Arvind Shyamsundar edited this page Aug 10, 2022 · 15 revisions

This section contains PowerShell scripts which automate the download and extraction of .PDB files corresponding to major releases of SQL Server. For running any of these scripts, please note the following:

  • You must run them within PowerShell, preferably within Windows
  • You must have Internet access from the machine running the PowerShell script
  • You might want to replace the $outputFolder placeholder with a different folder path (for example, N:\sqlsymbols\SQL2016SP1)
  • The script will automatically create the folder where the downloaded PDB files are stored.

Legal notice: USAGE OF THE MICROSOFT SYMBOL SERVER IS COVERED BY THE LICENSE TERMS AT https://docs.microsoft.com/legal/windows-sdk/microsoft-symbol-server-license-terms

Please click on one of the links below depending on the major version of SQL Server that you are looking at:

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