I am trying to connect to a remote sql database and simply run the "select @@servername" query in Powershell. I'm trying to do this without using integrated security. I've been struggling with "get-credential" and "invoke-sqlcmd", only to find (I think), that you can't pass the password from "get-credential" to another Powershell cmdlets.

Here's the code I'm using:

add-pssnapin sqlserverprovidersnapin100
add-pssnapin sqlservercmdletsnapin100

load assemblies

[Reflection.Assembly]::Load("Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo, Version=9.0.242.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91") [Reflection.Assembly]::Load("Microsoft.SqlServer.SqlEnum, Version=9.0.242.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91") [Reflection.Assembly]::Load("Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoEnum, Version=9.0.242.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91") [Reflection.Assembly]::Load("Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo, Version=9.0.242.0, Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91")

connect to SQL Server

$serverName = "HLSQLSRV03"
$server = New-Object -typeName Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server -argumentList $serverName

login using SQL authentication

$server.ConnectionContext.LoginSecure=$false;
$credential = Get-Credential
$userName = $credential.UserName -replace("\","")
$pass = $credential.Password
$server.ConnectionContext.set_Login($userName)
$server.ConnectionContext.set_SecurePassword($credential.Password)
$DB = "Master"

invoke-sqlcmd -query "select @@Servername" -database $DB -serverinstance $servername -username $username -password $pass

If if just hardcode the password in at the end of the "invoke-sqlcmd" line, it works. Is this because you can't use "get-credential" with "invoke-sqlcmd"?

If so...what are my alternatives?

Thanks so much for you help

Emo