Is it possible to create a Database in SQL Server with powershell?

Question

I am trying to create a empty database in SQL server using powershell and SMO but cannot seem to find a way of doing it. Is this possible?

Connection script for sql

Answer 1

I don't think creating the database with the SMO is the right choice as it requires to have SMO installed. Much better is to use only powershell tools to do it.

Check this module. It expose most useful commands. One of them is New-SQLDatabase which will be perfect in your situation.

Example:

New-SQLDatabase -SqlInstance "localost" -DatabaseName "NewDatabase" -Path "D:\pathToFiles\"

Answer 2

SMO certainly supports a database create method - the linked MSDN page includes a powershell example:

$srv = new-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server("(local)")
$db = New-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Database($srv, "Test_SMO_Database")
$db.Create()
Write-Host $db.CreateDate

Answer 3

This script replicates the entire default database creation T-SQL in SQL 2016:

$Server=[Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server]::new()
$DB=[Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Database]::new($Server,"TemporaryDB")
# CONTAINMENT = NONE
$DB.ContainmentType=[Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.ContainmentType]::None
#ALTER DATABASE [TemporaryDB] SET COMPATIBILITY_LEVEL = 130
$DB.CompatibilityLevel=130
#ALTER DATABASE [TemporaryDB] SET ANSI_NULL_DEFAULT OFF 
$DB.AnsiNullDefault=$false
#ALTER DATABASE [TemporaryDB] SET ANSI_NULLS OFF 
$DB.AnsiNullsEnabled=$false
#ALTER DATABASE [TemporaryDB] SET ANSI_PADDING OFF 
$DB.AnsiPaddingEnabled=$false
#ALTER DATABASE [TemporaryDB] SET ANSI_WARNINGS OFF 
$DB.AnsiWarningsEnabled=$false
#ALTER DATABASE [TemporaryDB] SET ARITHABORT OFF 
$DB.ArithmeticAbortEnabled=$false
#ALTER DATABASE [TemporaryDB] SET AUTO_CLOSE OFF 
$DB.AutoClose=$false
#ALTER DATABASE [TemporaryDB] SET AUTO_SHRINK OFF 
$DB.AutoShrink=$false
#ALTER DATABASE [TemporaryDB] SET AUTO_CREATE_STATISTICS ON(INCREMENTAL = OFF)
$DB.AutoCreateStatisticsEnabled=$true
$DB.AutoCreateIncrementalStatisticsEnabled=$false
#ALTER DATABASE [TemporaryDB] SET AUTO_UPDATE_STATISTICS ON 
$DB.AutoUpdateStatisticsEnabled=$false
#ALTER DATABASE [TemporaryDB] SET CURSOR_CLOSE_ON_COMMIT OFF 
$DB.CloseCursorsOnCommitEnabled=$false
#ALTER DATABASE [TemporaryDB] SET CURSOR_DEFAULT  GLOBAL 
$DB.LocalCursorsDefault=$false
#ALTER DATABASE [TemporaryDB] SET CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL OFF 
$DB.ConcatenateNullYieldsNull=$false
#ALTER DATABASE [TemporaryDB] SET NUMERIC_ROUNDABORT OFF 
$DB.NumericRoundAbortEnabled=$false
#ALTER DATABASE [TemporaryDB] SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER OFF 
$DB.QuotedIdentifiersEnabled=$false
#ALTER DATABASE [TemporaryDB] SET RECURSIVE_TRIGGERS OFF 
$DB.RecursiveTriggersEnabled=$false
#ALTER DATABASE [TemporaryDB] SET  DISABLE_BROKER 
$DB.BrokerEnabled=$false
#ALTER DATABASE [TemporaryDB] SET AUTO_UPDATE_STATISTICS_ASYNC OFF 
$DB.AutoUpdateStatisticsAsync=$false
#ALTER DATABASE [TemporaryDB] SET DATE_CORRELATION_OPTIMIZATION OFF 
$DB.DateCorrelationOptimization=$false
#ALTER DATABASE [TemporaryDB] SET PARAMETERIZATION SIMPLE 
$DB.IsParameterizationForced=$false
#ALTER DATABASE [TemporaryDB] SET READ_COMMITTED_SNAPSHOT OFF 
$DB.IsReadCommittedSnapshotOn=$false
#ALTER DATABASE [TemporaryDB] SET  READ_WRITE 
$DB.ReadOnly=$false
#ALTER DATABASE [TemporaryDB] SET RECOVERY FULL 
$DB.RecoveryModel=[Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.RecoveryModel]::Full
#ALTER DATABASE [TemporaryDB] SET  MULTI_USER 
$DB.UserAccess=[Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.DatabaseUserAccess]::Multiple
#ALTER DATABASE [TemporaryDB] SET PAGE_VERIFY CHECKSUM  
$DB.PageVerify=[Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.PageVerify]::Checksum
#ALTER DATABASE [TemporaryDB] SET TARGET_RECOVERY_TIME = 60 SECONDS 
$DB.TargetRecoveryTime=60
#ALTER DATABASE [TemporaryDB] SET DELAYED_DURABILITY = DISABLED 
$DB.DelayedDurability=[Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.DelayedDurability]::Disabled
#ALTER DATABASE SCOPED CONFIGURATION SET MAXDOP = 0;
$DB.MaxDop=0
#ALTER DATABASE SCOPED CONFIGURATION FOR SECONDARY SET MAXDOP = PRIMARY;
$DB.MaxDopForSecondary=[Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.DatabaseScopedConfigurationOnOff]::Primary
#ALTER DATABASE SCOPED CONFIGURATION SET LEGACY_CARDINALITY_ESTIMATION = OFF;
$DB.LegacyCardinalityEstimation=[Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.DatabaseScopedConfigurationOnOff]::Off
#ALTER DATABASE SCOPED CONFIGURATION FOR SECONDARY SET LEGACY_CARDINALITY_ESTIMATION = PRIMARY;
$DB.LegacyCardinalityEstimationForSecondary=[Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.DatabaseScopedConfigurationOnOff]::Primary
#ALTER DATABASE SCOPED CONFIGURATION SET PARAMETER_SNIFFING = ON;
$DB.ParameterSniffing=[Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.DatabaseScopedConfigurationOnOff]::On
#ALTER DATABASE SCOPED CONFIGURATION FOR SECONDARY SET PARAMETER_SNIFFING = PRIMARY;
$DB.ParameterSniffingForSecondary=[Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.DatabaseScopedConfigurationOnOff]::Primary
#ALTER DATABASE SCOPED CONFIGURATION SET QUERY_OPTIMIZER_HOTFIXES = OFF;
$DB.QueryOptimizerHotfixes=[Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.DatabaseScopedConfigurationOnOff]::Off
#ALTER DATABASE SCOPED CONFIGURATION FOR SECONDARY SET QUERY_OPTIMIZER_HOTFIXES = PRIMARY;
$DB.QueryOptimizerHotfixesForSecondary=[Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.DatabaseScopedConfigurationOnOff]::Primary

# ON  PRIMARY ( NAME = N'TemporaryDB', FILENAME = N'TemporaryDB.mdf' , SIZE = 8192KB , FILEGROWTH = 65536KB )
$FileGroup=[Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.FileGroup]::new($DB,"PRIMARY")
$DB.FileGroups.Add($FileGroup)

$DataFile=[Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.DataFile]::new($FileGroup,"TemporaryDB")
$FileGroup.Files.Add($DataFile)

$DataFile.FileName="TemporaryDB.mdf"
$DataFile.Size=8192
$DataFile.Growth=65536
$DataFile.GrowthType=[Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.FileGrowthType]::KB
$DataFile.IsPrimaryFile=$true

# LOG ON ( NAME = N'TemporaryDB_log', FILENAME = N'TemporaryDB_log.ldf' , SIZE = 8192KB , FILEGROWTH = 65536KB )
$LogFile=[Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.LogFile]::new($DB,"TemporaryDB_log","TemporaryDB_log.ldf")
$LogFile.Size=8192
$LogFile.Growth=65536
$LogFile.GrowthType=[Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.FileGrowthType]::KB
$DB.LogFiles.Add($LogFile)
#CREATE DATABASE [TemporaryDB]
$DB.Create()
#IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT name FROM sys.filegroups WHERE is_default=1 AND name = N'PRIMARY') ALTER DATABASE [TemporaryDB] MODIFY FILEGROUP [PRIMARY] DEFAULT
#Not necessary

Answer 4

In my go.bat script, that sets up the environment for the service, I check if the db exists, and if it doesn't, I create one.

[reflection.assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo")
$server = new-object ("Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server") .

$dbExists = $FALSE
foreach ($db in $server.databases) {
  if ($db.name -eq "Db") {
    Write-Host "Db already exists."
    $dbExists = $TRUE
  }
}

if ($dbExists -eq $FALSE) {
  $db = New-Object -TypeName Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Database -argumentlist $server, "Db"
  $db.Create()

  $user = "NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE"
  $usr = New-Object -TypeName Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.User -argumentlist $db, $user
  $usr.Login = $user
  $usr.Create()

  $role = $db.Roles["db_datareader"]
  $role.AddMember($user)
}

Answer 5

found out how to do this here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms162577.aspx

My code now:

[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('Microsoft.SqlServer.SMO') | out-null

$serverName = "localhost"

$server = new-object ('Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server') $serverName

$server.ConnectionContext.LoginSecure=$false;
$credential = Get-Credential
$loginName = $credential.UserName -replace("\\","")
$server.ConnectionContext.set_Login($loginName);
$server.ConnectionContext.set_SecurePassword($credential.Password)
$server.ConnectionContext.ApplicationName="SQLDeploymentScript"

#Create a new database
$db = New-Object -TypeName Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Database -argumentlist $server, "Test_SMO_Database"
$db.Create()

#Reference the database and display the date when it was created. 
$db = $server.Databases["Test_SMO_Database"]
$db.CreateDate

Answer 6

Yes, I am using this in *.ps1 script

$ConnectionString = "Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;initial catalog=master;Integrated Security=True;"
$NewDatabaseName = "MyDatabase"

$con = New-Object Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection;
$con.ConnectionString = $ConnectionString;
$con.Open();

# create the database.
$sql = "CREATE DATABASE [$NewDatabaseName] COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS;"
$cmd = New-Object Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand $sql, $con;
$cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();     
Write-Host "Database $NewDatabaseName is created!";

# close & clear all objects.
$cmd.Dispose();
$con.Close();
$con.Dispose();

Check example here http://www.devcode4.com/article/powershell-create-mssql-database