Cmdlets/Invoke-SqlScalar.ps1
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.Synopsis Executes a Scalar query. .Description Executes a Scalar query against the targeted connection. If the sql statement generates multiple rows and/or columns, only the first column of the first row is returned. .Parameter Query SQL statement to run. .Parameter Parameters Parameters required by the query. Key matches the parameter name, Value is the value of the parameter. .Parameter CommandTimeout The timeout, in seconds, for this SQL statement, defaults to the command timeout for the SqlConnection. .Parameter ConnectionName User defined name for connection. .Example Invoke-SqlScalar -Query "SELECT Count(1) FROM TABLE" .Example Invoke-SqlQuery -Query "SELECT Count(1) FROM TABLE WHERE colb > @someDate" -Parameters @{someDate = (Get-Date)} #> Function Invoke-SqlScalar { [CmdletBinding()] Param([Parameter(Mandatory, Position=0)][AllowEmptyString()][string[]]$Query , [Parameter(Position=1)][hashtable]$Parameters = @{} , [int]$CommandTimeout = -1 , [Alias("cn")][string]$ConnectionName = "default") If(TestConnectionName -ConnectionName $ConnectionName) { [string]$Query = $Query -join [System.Environment]::NewLine If(-not $Parameters) { $Parameters = @{} } Write-Output $Script:Connections.$ConnectionName.GetScalar($Query, $CommandTimeout, $Parameters) } } Set-Alias -Name iss -Value Invoke-SqlScalar Export-ModuleMember -Function Invoke-SqlScalar -Alias iss |