Listing user-defined assemblies

In this recipe, we will list the user-defined assemblies in a SQL Server database.

Getting ready

We can use the SampleDB database that we used in the previous recipe, or you can substitute this with any database that is accessible to you that has some user-defined assemblies.

How to do it...

These are the steps required to list user-defined assemblies:

  1. Open PowerShell ISE as an administrator.
  2. Import the SQLPS module as follows:
    #import SQL Server module
Import-Module SQLPS -DisableNameChecking
  3. Add the following script and run it:
    $instanceName = "localhost" $server = New-Object -TypeName Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server -ArgumentList $instanceName $databaseName = "SampleDB" $database = $server.Databases[$databaseName] ...

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