SQL Server 2014 with PowerShell v5 Cookbook

Creating a database

This recipe walks through creating a database with default properties using PowerShell.

Getting ready

In this example, we are going to create a database called TestDB, and we assume that this database does not yet exist in your instance.

For your reference, the equivalent T-SQL code of this task is as follows:

CREATE DATABASE TestDB

How to do it...

Follow these steps to create a simple database in SQL Server:

1. Open PowerShell ISE as administrator.
2. Import the SQLPS module and create a new SMO Server Object:

   #import SQL Server module Import-Module SQLPS -DisableNameChecking #replace this with your instance name $instanceName = "localhost" $server = New-Object -TypeName Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server -ArgumentList $instanceName ...