How to execute sqlcmd from powershell?

Question

I have a string in powershell, which contains a native sqlcmd command. The command itself can be executed successfully in cmd.exe. I have difficulty in executing them in pow

Answer 1

To call a Win32 executable you want to use the call operator & like this:

& sqlcmd -S "(local)\instance1" -U a -P a -i "c:\temp\sql.sql"