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

This is what worked for me for using sqlcmd from within the powershell script using the & operator, see sample to generate a csv file:

& cmd /c "sqlcmd -S $sv -i $PROCFILE -s, -v varDB = $dbclean -o $filename"

$sv has server name like SERVERNAME\INSTANCE

$PROCFILE is like d:\TSTSQL\Sqlquery.SQL

$filename is d:\TSTSQL\Desiredoutfilename.CSV

$dbclean is a parameter passed to the sql file