$INSTALLSHAREDDIR = Get-Content "C:\test\Install_ConfigurationFile.ini" | Where-Object {$_ -like'INSTALLSHAREDDIR=*'}

$INSTALLSHAREDDIR = "'"" + $INSTALLSHAREDDIR + "\MSSQL11.INST3'""

What I did was escape " with '.

I would suggest renaming the parameters but you don't appear to be attempting to use them. Perhaps if you commented your code with your intentions then I could understand.

robert.mcleod (3/20/2015)

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My favorite is leaving out the USE statement or not using fully qualified object names. Wish I had a nickel for every time some one handed me code and...

1) Not understanding the need to separate the logical from the physical. The application is not the database and vice versa. The application places requirements on the database but these...

I have now:

function InstallSQL

{

[CmdletBinding()]

Param

(

[Parameter(Position=0,Mandatory=$true)][string]$action

...

Microsoft has a reasonable track record when it comes to buying in technologies and making products from them and/or incorporating them into existing products. I will not predict whether this...

It is probably me but I don't get it. Are you wondering how do use functions and parameters in a PowerShell script? Are you wanting an install function and an...

Great, thanks.

Minor suggestion: Perhaps it would have been worthwhile writing the exception to the output file.

Eric M Russell (3/17/2015)

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Miles Neale (3/17/2015)

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Eric M Russell (3/17/2015)

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Miles Neale (3/17/2015)

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I agree, however the lawyer would say that there is no proof that the digital representation has not been altered...

The Fault (3/17/2015)

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I'd tend to disagree,...

Eric M Russell (3/17/2015)

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Gary Varga (3/17/2015)

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Part of me believes that in this century we may move to a model where ownership of data is considered "so 20th century", however, where...

That's it! Suggest all developers heads are just full of hot air, why don't you!!! :hehe:

More seriously: :sick:

After reading the first bubble I was expected something akin to "...and how...

Part of me believes that in this century we may move to a model where ownership of data is considered "so 20th century", however, where value can be found so...

Shawn Richards (3/16/2015)

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Matt S. (9/29/2010)

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@Grant

I hear you. I've seen DBAs light up with some glimmer of hope when I'm hired to reign in developers gone wild. It's because I sell...

GilaMonster (3/16/2015)

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Gary Varga (3/16/2015)

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Phil Parkin (3/16/2015)

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GilaMonster (3/16/2015)

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The worst comment I've ever seen (as opposed to one I wrote) was in MS Access. The previous developer had written a lot of...