• hello,

    when I run the following powershell script, I get an error.

    $destServer = 'VM-KMCSQL2005'

    $destdb = 'BackupMonitoring'

    #######################

    function Get-SqlData

    {

    param([string]$serverName=$(throw 'serverName is required.'), [string]$databaseName=$(throw 'databaseName is required.'),

    [string]$query=$(throw 'query is required.'))

    Write-Verbose "Get-SqlData serverName:$serverName databaseName:$databaseName query:$query"

    $connString = "Server=$serverName;Database=$databaseName;Integrated Security=SSPI;"

    $da = New-Object "System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataAdapter" ($query,$connString)

    $dt = New-Object "System.Data.DataTable"

    $da.fill($dt) > $null

    $dt

    } #Get-SqlData

    #######################

    function Get-BackupSet

    {

    param($srcServer,$backup_set_id)

    $qry = @"

    SELECT @@servername, backup_set_id, database_name, backup_start_date, backup_finish_date, user_name,type

    FROM backupset

    WHERE type IN ('D','I')

    AND backup_start_date > '2008-01-01'

    AND backup_set_id > $backup_set_id

    "@

    Get-SqlData $srcServer 'msdb' $qry

    }# Get-BackupSet

    #######################

    function Write-DataTableToDatabase

    {

    param ($dataTable,$destTbl)

    $connectionString = "Data Source=$destServer;Integrated Security=true;Initial Catalog=$destdb;"

    $bulkCopy = new-object ("Data.SqlClient.SqlBulkCopy") $connectionString

    $bulkCopy.DestinationTableName = "$destTbl"

    $bulkCopy.WriteToServer($dataTable)

    }# Write-DataTableToDatabase

    #######################

    ## MAIN ##

    #######################

    Get-SqlData $destServer $destDb "SELECT * FROM server_dim" |

    foreach {$dataTable = Get-BackupSet $_.server_name $_.max_backup_set_id; if ($dataTable) { Write-DataTableToDatabase $dataTable 'backupset_dim'} }

    ######################Error#######################

    Exception calling "Fill" with "1" argument(s): "Incorrect syntax near '>'."

    At H:\SQLServerBackupAnalysis\backupAnalysis.ps1:30 char:13

    + $da.fill <<<< ($dt)

    + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DotNetMethodException

    If someone can assist me, I will greatly appreciate it