My PowerShell functions do not appear to be registered

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Hi there,

I have a script saved in a ps1 file in which I define 2 functions as such:

function Invoke-Sql([string]$query) {
  Invoke-Sqlcmd -ServerInstance $Server -Database $DB -User $User -Password $Password -Query $query
}

function Get-Queued {
  Invoke-Sql "Select * From Comment where AwaitsModeration = 1"
}

In the PowerShell console I then call the ps1 file by typing it in (it's in a folder in the path, and autocompletion works)

However, I cannot start using the functions. I am confused, because when I copy / paste the functions into the console, all is fine and they work. I also have a function defined in my profile, and it works. Where am I thinking wrong, why doesn't it work what I'm trying to do?

My PowerShell functions do not appear to be registered

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Published on 2010-03-21T17:57:13Z Indexed on 2010/03/21 18:11 UTC
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Hi there,

I have a ps1 script in which I define 2 functions as such:

function Invoke-Sql([string]$query) {
  Invoke-Sqlcmd -ServerInstance $Server -Database $DB -User $User -Password $Password -Query $query
}

function Get-Queued {
  Invoke-Sql "Select * From Comment where AwaitsModeration = 1"
}

I then call the ps1 file by typing it in (it's in a folder in the path, and autocompletion works)

However, I cannot start using the functions. I am confused, because when I copy / paste the functions into the console, all is fine and they work. I also have a function defined in my profile, and it works. Where am I thinking wrong, why doesn't it work what I'm trying to do?

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