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SQLCMD - Missing expression after unary operator...

  • February 22, 2012 at 12:08 pm

    #268690

    Noob to using SQLCMD and getting this when running script from Powershell. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!

    PS C:\> SQLCMD -S CONTOSOWXP01\SQLEXPRESS CREATE LOGIN [NewUser] WITH PASSWORD = 'password', DEFAULT_DATABASE=[Mydatabase], CHECK_EXPIRATION=OFF, CHECK_POLICY=OFF

    Sqlcmd: 'CREATE LOGIN [NewUser] WITH PASSWORD = password DEFAULT_DATABASE=[Mydatabase] CHECK_EXPIRATION=OFF CHECK_POLIC

    =OFF': Unexpected argument. Enter '-?' for help.

    PS C:\> -?

    Missing expression after unary operator '-'.

    At line:1 char:2

    + - <<<< ?

    PS C:\>

  • March 5, 2012 at 2:22 am

    #1454683

    Try this:

    SQLCMD -S CONTOSOWXP01\SQLEXPRESS -Q "CREATE LOGIN [NewUser] WITH PASSWORD = 'password', DEFAULT_DATABASE=[Mydatabase], CHECK_EXPIRATION=OFF, CHECK_POLICY=OFF"

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