Public/Get-SqlSchemaInfo.ps1
function Get-SqlSchemaInfo { <# .SYNOPSIS Get Schema info from an SQL Database. .DESCRIPTION Get Schema info from an SQL Database. .EXAMPLE $Connection = Connect-SqlServer -Server "mysqlserver.example.com" -Database "MyFavoriteDb" -Credential (Get-Credential) Get-SqlSchemaInfo -Table * Returns all tables in a database .PARAMETER SqlConnection SQL Connection to run the Command against. #> [cmdletbinding()] Param ( [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$True,Position=0)] [System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection]$SqlConnection, [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ParameterSetName="tableonly")] [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ParameterSetName="tablecolumns")] [string[]]$Table, [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ParameterSetName="tablecolumns")] [string[]]$Column ) BEGIN { function MakeArrayIntoSql ([string[]]$Array,[string]$Column) { $Query = "(" $i = 0 foreach ($a in $Array) { $i++ if ($i -eq 1) { $Query += " $Column = '$a'" } else { $Query += " OR $Column = '$a'" } } $Query += ")" $Query } } PROCESS { switch ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName) { 'tableonly' { $Query = "SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES" if ($Table -ne '*') { $Query += " WHERE " $Query += MakeArrayIntoSql $Table 'TABLE_NAME' } continue } 'tablecolumns' { $Query = 'SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS' if (($Table -ne '*') -or ($Column -ne '*')) { $Query += ' WHERE ' } if ($Table -ne '*') { $Query += MakeArrayIntoSql $Table 'TABLE_NAME' if ($Column -ne '*') { $Query += ' AND ' } } if ($Column -ne '*') { $Query += MakeArrayIntoSql $Column 'COLUMN_NAME' } continue } } Write-Verbose "Query $Query" $Results = Invoke-SqlQuery -PlainTextCommand $Query -SqlConnection $SqlConnection $Results } } |