Syntax problem with powershell and variables

I'm having a problem using variables with SMO and powershell here is my
example script:

write-host $args[0]
write-host $args[1]

$Server = new-object ("Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server") ($args[0])

write-host "Details of the Server :" $server
write-host "-----------------------------------"
write-host "Server Version: " $Server.Serverversion
write-host "Server Name: " $Server.Information.VersionString

# get db
# This line returns a null reference
# $database = $Server.Databases["$args[1]"]

# this line works but hardcodes the database name
# $database = $Server.Databases["Northwind"]

write-host "Database:" $database.name


Any ideas on how to use a variable, in this case $args[1], to specify the
database?

Thanks

Hi
You should write it as:

$database = $Server.Databases["$($args[1])"]

-or-

$database = $Server.Databases[$args[1]]



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Much thanks for the quick reply! I new it was something simple i was missing.

"Shay Levi" wrote:

Jason,

Jason wrote: As you learn more PowerShell you'll want to look into how to use functions and
the Param statement. For example, the above could be written as:

Param ( $ServerName, $DatabaseName )
$smo = new-object ("Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server") $ServerName

And to continue in that vein:
$database = $Server.Databases[$DatabaseName]

And a cool feature of these named parameters is that they are still positional.
That means that these are equivalent:

myscript.ps1 -ServerName myserver -DatabaseName northwind
myscript.ps1 myserver northwind

For more detail on this read 'help about_functions'.

Just wait till you learn about custom objects.

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Yes I tried that as my first attempt; but gave up. i can see from your post
that you can only have one param block. I was trying to use two like this:

(Param, $ServerName)
(Param, $DatabaseName )

obviously hilliarity ensued 8)

Thanks for the tip...

"Hal Rottenberg" wrote: