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

I have been doing this at work recently and had some initial troubles connecting to a local Database. To get it to work, I ran the following code;

C:\> Import-Module sqlps -DisableNameChecking
SQLSERVER\:> cd ".\SQL\$(hostname)"
SQLSERVER\:> Invoke-Sqlcmd -Username "user" -Password "pass" -Database "databasename" -Query "foobar"

This worked for me and I was able to query the database. Obviously, change the Username, Password and Database parameter details to whatever the name of your database on the SQL Instance is called.