How to connect to SQL Server LocalDB using Invoke-Sqlcmd?

Question

I have sqlcmd.exe from both SQLServer 2008 and SQLServer 2012:

PS C:\\> Get-Command sqlcmd.exe

Definition
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C:\\Program Files\\Microsof         


        

Answer 1

Got this from a couple other sources, seems to work so far.

JBs Powershell

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How can I run PowerShell with the .NET 4 runtime?

Another way of making PowerShell and LocalDB play nice is to make PowerShell aware of DOTNET 4.0.3. This can be done by creating a file called "powershell.exe.config" in the C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0 . The file should contain the following:

Be aware that this not an officially supported way of using PowerShell, so it might break other stuff ...