Public/Get-LocalInstance.ps1
function Get-LocalInstance { <# .SYNOPSIS Returns connection parameters to a available localDb. .DESCRIPTION Uses [SqlLocalDB Utility](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/tools/sqllocaldb-utility?view=sql-server-ver15) to get info about the available local db. .EXAMPLE PS> Get-SqlTestLocalInstance [PSCustomObject] Name Value ---- ----- DataSource (LocalDb)\MSSQLLocalDB ConnectionString Data Source=(LocalDb)\MSSQLLocalDB;Integrated Security=True Version v11.0 #> [CmdletBinding()] param ( # Specifies maximum number of returned instances. [Parameter()] [int] $First = 1 ) Import-Module PsSqlLocalDb -ErrorAction Stop Get-LocalDbInstance | Select-Object -First $First | ForEach-Object { $instance = $PSItem # add metadata $instance | Add-Member 'DataSource' "(LocalDb)\$( $instance.Name )" $instance | Add-Member 'ConnectTimeout' 30 $instance | Add-Member 'ConnectionString' "Data Source=$( $instance.DataSource );Connect Timeout=$( $instance.ConnectTimeout );Integrated Security=True" $instance | Add-Member 'IsLocalDb' $true # return $instance | Write-Output } } |