#!/usr/bin/pwsh <# .SYNTAX convert-sql2csv.ps1 [] [] [] [] [] .DESCRIPTION convert the SQL database table to a CSV file .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz / License: CC0 #> param($server = "", $database = "", $username = "", $password = "", $query = "") if ($server -eq "") { $server = read-host "Enter the hostname/IP address of the SQL server" } if ($database -eq "") { $database = read-host "Enter the database name" } if ($username -eq "") { $username = read-host "Enter the database username" } if ($password -eq "") { $password = read-host "Enter the database user password" } if ($query -eq "") { $query = read-host "Enter the database query" } try { $secpasswd = ConvertTo-SecureString $password -AsPlainText -Force $creds = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($username, $secpasswd) $csvfilepath = "$PSScriptRoot\sqlserver_table.csv" $result = Invoke-SqlServerQuery -Credential $creds -ConnectionTimeout 10000 -Database $database -Server $server -Sql $query -CommandTimeout 10000 $result | Export-Csv $csvfilepath -NoTypeInformation exit 0 } catch { write-error "ERROR: line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }