SqlServer

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en/Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.PSProvider.dll-Help.xml

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    <command:details>
      <command:name>Convert-UrnToPath</command:name>
      <command:verb>Convert</command:verb>
      <command:noun>UrnToPath</command:noun>
      <maml:description>
        <maml:para>Converts a SQL Server Management Object URN to a Windows PowerShell provider path.</maml:para>
      </maml:description>
    </command:details>
    <maml:description>
      <maml:para>The Convert-UrnToPath cmdlet converts a SQL Server Management Object Uniform Resource Name (URN) to a SQL Server provider path.</maml:para>
      <maml:para>SQL Server Management Objects have a Urn property that returns a string indicating their location in the SQL Server object hierarchy.</maml:para>
      <maml:para>If nodes in the Urn are SQL Server delimited identifiers with extended characters that are not supported in Windows PowerShell path nodes, the extended characters are encoded with their hexadecimal representation.</maml:para>
      <maml:para>For example, a table name "Main:Table" is encoded as "Main%3ATable".</maml:para>
    </maml:description>
    <command:syntax>
      <command:syntaxItem>
        <maml:name>Convert-UrnToPath</maml:name>
        <command:parameter required="true" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)" position="1" aliases="none">
          <maml:name>Urn</maml:name>
          <maml:description>
            <maml:para>Specifies a SQL Server URN that identifies the location of an object in the SQL Server hierarchy.</maml:para>
          </maml:description>
          <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">String</command:parameterValue>
          <dev:type>
            <maml:name>String</maml:name>
            <maml:uri />
          </dev:type>
          <dev:defaultValue>None</dev:defaultValue>
        </command:parameter>
        <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="named" aliases="proga">
          <maml:name>ProgressAction</maml:name>
          <maml:description>
            <maml:para>Determines how PowerShell responds to progress updates generated by a script, cmdlet, or provider, such as the progress bars generated by the Write-Progress cmdlet. The Write-Progress cmdlet creates progress bars that show a command's status.</maml:para>
          </maml:description>
          <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">ActionPreference</command:parameterValue>
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            <maml:name>ActionPreference</maml:name>
            <maml:uri />
          </dev:type>
          <dev:defaultValue>None</dev:defaultValue>
        </command:parameter>
      </command:syntaxItem>
    </command:syntax>
    <command:parameters>
      <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="named" aliases="proga">
        <maml:name>ProgressAction</maml:name>
        <maml:description>
          <maml:para>Determines how PowerShell responds to progress updates generated by a script, cmdlet, or provider, such as the progress bars generated by the Write-Progress cmdlet. The Write-Progress cmdlet creates progress bars that show a command's status.</maml:para>
        </maml:description>
        <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">ActionPreference</command:parameterValue>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>ActionPreference</maml:name>
          <maml:uri />
        </dev:type>
        <dev:defaultValue>None</dev:defaultValue>
      </command:parameter>
      <command:parameter required="true" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)" position="1" aliases="none">
        <maml:name>Urn</maml:name>
        <maml:description>
          <maml:para>Specifies a SQL Server URN that identifies the location of an object in the SQL Server hierarchy.</maml:para>
        </maml:description>
        <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">String</command:parameterValue>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>String</maml:name>
          <maml:uri />
        </dev:type>
        <dev:defaultValue>None</dev:defaultValue>
      </command:parameter>
    </command:parameters>
    <command:inputTypes>
      <command:inputType>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>String</maml:name>
        </dev:type>
        <maml:description>
          <maml:para>Specifies a string that represents a SQL Server Management Object URN.</maml:para>
        </maml:description>
      </command:inputType>
    </command:inputTypes>
    <command:returnValues>
      <command:returnValue>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>String</maml:name>
        </dev:type>
        <maml:description>
          <maml:para>Specifies a string that represents a SQL Server PowerShell provider path.</maml:para>
        </maml:description>
      </command:returnValue>
    </command:returnValues>
    <maml:alertSet>
      <maml:alert>
        <maml:para></maml:para>
      </maml:alert>
    </maml:alertSet>
    <command:examples>
      <command:example>
        <maml:title>----- Example 1: Get a string containing the current path -----</maml:title>
        <dev:code>PS C:\&gt; Set-Location "SQLSERVER:\SQL\MyComputer\MyInstance\Databases\AdventureWorks2014"
PS SQLSERVER:\SQL\MyComputer\MyInstance\Databases\AdventureWorks2014&gt; Convert-UrnToPath -Urn (Get-Item .).Urn.ToString()
 
SQLSERVER:\SQL\MyComputer\MyInstance\Databases\AdventureWorks2014</dev:code>
        <dev:remarks>
          <maml:para>This command returns a string that contains the current path. The example uses the ToString() function of the Urn property to return the Urn as a string.</maml:para>
        </dev:remarks>
      </command:example>
      <command:example>
        <maml:title>------- Example 2: Set the path location based on a URN -------</maml:title>
        <dev:code>PS C:\&gt; Set-Location (Convert-UrnToPath -Urn "Server[@Name='MyComputer']/Database[@Name='AdventureWorks']/Table[@Name='Address' and @Schema = 'Person']")</dev:code>
        <dev:remarks>
          <maml:para>This command sets the path to the location specified in a SQL Server Management Object URN.</maml:para>
        </dev:remarks>
      </command:example>
      <command:example>
        <maml:title>---------------- Example 3: Get database paths ----------------</maml:title>
        <dev:code>PS C:\&gt; Set-Location "SQLSERVER:\SQL\MyComputer\DEFAULT\Databases"
PS SQLSERVER:\SQL\MyComputer\DEFAULT\Databases&gt; foreach ($Item in Get-ChildItem) { $Item.Urn.ToString() | Convert-UrnToPath }
 
SQLSERVER:\SQL\MyComputer\DEFAULT\Databases\AdventureWorks2014</dev:code>
        <dev:remarks>
          <maml:para>This command returns an array of strings that contain the path to a database in the default instance. The pipeline operator is used to pass the current node URN to Convert-UrnToPath.</maml:para>
        </dev:remarks>
      </command:example>
    </command:examples>
    <command:relatedLinks>
      <maml:navigationLink>
        <maml:linkText>Online Version:</maml:linkText>
        <maml:uri>https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/sqlserver/convert-urntopath</maml:uri>
      </maml:navigationLink>
    </command:relatedLinks>
  </command:command>
  <command:command xmlns:maml="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/2004/10" xmlns:command="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/dev/command/2004/10" xmlns:dev="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/dev/2004/10" xmlns:MSHelp="http://msdn.microsoft.com/mshelp">
    <command:details>
      <command:name>ConvertFrom-EncodedSqlName</command:name>
      <command:verb>ConvertFrom</command:verb>
      <command:noun>EncodedSqlName</command:noun>
      <maml:description>
        <maml:para>Returns the original SQL Server identifier when given an identifier that has been encoded into a format usable in Windows PowerShell paths.</maml:para>
      </maml:description>
    </command:details>
    <maml:description>
      <maml:para>The ConvertFrom-EncodedSqlName cmdlet returns the un-encoded SQL Server identifier when given an identifier that has been encoded into a format usable in Windows PowerShell paths.</maml:para>
      <maml:para>SQL Server delimited identifiers can contain special characters not normally supported in Windows PowerShell object names.</maml:para>
      <maml:para>These extended characters must be either encoded to their hexadecimal representation or escaped using the ` character.</maml:para>
      <maml:para>Certain characters, such as the colon character (:) cannot be escaped.</maml:para>
      <maml:para>The hexadecimal encoding is in the format %nn.</maml:para>
      <maml:para>Decode-SqlName converts the following encodings to the corresponding characters: - %5C becomes \</maml:para>
      <maml:para>- %3A becomes :</maml:para>
      <maml:para>- %2E becomes .</maml:para>
      <maml:para>- %2F becomes /</maml:para>
      <maml:para>- %25 becomes %</maml:para>
      <maml:para>- %3C becomes &lt;</maml:para>
      <maml:para>- %3E becomes &gt;</maml:para>
      <maml:para>- %2A becomes *</maml:para>
      <maml:para>- %3F becomes ?</maml:para>
      <maml:para>- %5B becomes [</maml:para>
      <maml:para>- %5D becomes ]</maml:para>
      <maml:para>- %7C becomes |</maml:para>
    </maml:description>
    <command:syntax>
      <command:syntaxItem>
        <maml:name>ConvertFrom-EncodedSqlName</maml:name>
        <command:parameter required="true" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)" position="1" aliases="none">
          <maml:name>SqlName</maml:name>
          <maml:description>
            <maml:para>Specifies the SQL Server identifier that this cmdlet reformats.</maml:para>
          </maml:description>
          <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">String</command:parameterValue>
          <dev:type>
            <maml:name>String</maml:name>
            <maml:uri />
          </dev:type>
          <dev:defaultValue>None</dev:defaultValue>
        </command:parameter>
        <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="named" aliases="proga">
          <maml:name>ProgressAction</maml:name>
          <maml:description>
            <maml:para>Determines how PowerShell responds to progress updates generated by a script, cmdlet, or provider, such as the progress bars generated by the Write-Progress cmdlet. The Write-Progress cmdlet creates progress bars that show a command's status.</maml:para>
          </maml:description>
          <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">ActionPreference</command:parameterValue>
          <dev:type>
            <maml:name>ActionPreference</maml:name>
            <maml:uri />
          </dev:type>
          <dev:defaultValue>None</dev:defaultValue>
        </command:parameter>
      </command:syntaxItem>
    </command:syntax>
    <command:parameters>
      <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="named" aliases="proga">
        <maml:name>ProgressAction</maml:name>
        <maml:description>
          <maml:para>Determines how PowerShell responds to progress updates generated by a script, cmdlet, or provider, such as the progress bars generated by the Write-Progress cmdlet. The Write-Progress cmdlet creates progress bars that show a command's status.</maml:para>
        </maml:description>
        <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">ActionPreference</command:parameterValue>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>ActionPreference</maml:name>
          <maml:uri />
        </dev:type>
        <dev:defaultValue>None</dev:defaultValue>
      </command:parameter>
      <command:parameter required="true" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)" position="1" aliases="none">
        <maml:name>SqlName</maml:name>
        <maml:description>
          <maml:para>Specifies the SQL Server identifier that this cmdlet reformats.</maml:para>
        </maml:description>
        <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">String</command:parameterValue>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>String</maml:name>
          <maml:uri />
        </dev:type>
        <dev:defaultValue>None</dev:defaultValue>
      </command:parameter>
    </command:parameters>
    <command:inputTypes>
      <command:inputType>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>String</maml:name>
        </dev:type>
        <maml:description>
          <maml:para></maml:para>
        </maml:description>
      </command:inputType>
    </command:inputTypes>
    <command:returnValues>
      <command:returnValue>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>String</maml:name>
        </dev:type>
        <maml:description>
          <maml:para></maml:para>
        </maml:description>
      </command:returnValue>
    </command:returnValues>
    <maml:alertSet>
      <maml:alert>
        <maml:para></maml:para>
      </maml:alert>
    </maml:alertSet>
    <command:examples>
      <command:example>
        <maml:title>---------- Example 1: Decode a SQL Server identifier ----------</maml:title>
        <dev:code>PS C:\&gt; ConvertFrom-EncodedSqlName -SqlName "My%3ATable`/"
 
My:Table/</dev:code>
        <dev:remarks>
          <maml:para>This command decodes a SQL Server identifier that has an encoded hexadecimal representation for the : character. Windows PowerShell also removes the escaping back-tick character (`) from an escaped / character.</maml:para>
        </dev:remarks>
      </command:example>
    </command:examples>
    <command:relatedLinks>
      <maml:navigationLink>
        <maml:linkText>Online Version:</maml:linkText>
        <maml:uri>https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/sqlserver/convertfrom-encodedsqlname</maml:uri>
      </maml:navigationLink>
      <maml:navigationLink>
        <maml:linkText>Using SQL Server Identifiers in PowerShell</maml:linkText>
        <maml:uri></maml:uri>
      </maml:navigationLink>
      <maml:navigationLink>
        <maml:linkText>ConvertTo-EncodedSqlName</maml:linkText>
        <maml:uri></maml:uri>
      </maml:navigationLink>
    </command:relatedLinks>
  </command:command>
  <command:command xmlns:maml="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/2004/10" xmlns:command="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/dev/command/2004/10" xmlns:dev="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/dev/2004/10" xmlns:MSHelp="http://msdn.microsoft.com/mshelp">
    <command:details>
      <command:name>ConvertTo-EncodedSqlName</command:name>
      <command:verb>ConvertTo</command:verb>
      <command:noun>EncodedSqlName</command:noun>
      <maml:description>
        <maml:para>Encodes extended characters in SQL Server names to formats usable in Windows PowerShell paths.</maml:para>
      </maml:description>
    </command:details>
    <maml:description>
      <maml:para>The ConvertTo-EncodedSqlName cmdlet encodes special characters in SQL Server names to formats usable in Windows PowerShell paths.</maml:para>
      <maml:para>SQL Server delimited identifiers can contain characters not normally supported in Windows PowerShell object names.</maml:para>
      <maml:para>When using delimited identifiers in SQL Server provider paths, these extended characters must be either encoded to their hexadecimal representation or escaped using the ` character.</maml:para>
      <maml:para>Certain characters, such as the colon character (:) cannot be escaped.</maml:para>
      <maml:para>The hexadecimal encoding for the characters is in the format %nn.</maml:para>
      <maml:para>The characters encoded by ConvertTo-EncodedSqlName are: \ : . / % &lt; &gt; * ? [ ] |</maml:para>
    </maml:description>
    <command:syntax>
      <command:syntaxItem>
        <maml:name>ConvertTo-EncodedSqlName</maml:name>
        <command:parameter required="true" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)" position="1" aliases="none">
          <maml:name>SqlName</maml:name>
          <maml:description>
            <maml:para>Specifies the SQL Server identifier to be encoded.</maml:para>
          </maml:description>
          <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">String</command:parameterValue>
          <dev:type>
            <maml:name>String</maml:name>
            <maml:uri />
          </dev:type>
          <dev:defaultValue>None</dev:defaultValue>
        </command:parameter>
        <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="named" aliases="proga">
          <maml:name>ProgressAction</maml:name>
          <maml:description>
            <maml:para>Determines how PowerShell responds to progress updates generated by a script, cmdlet, or provider, such as the progress bars generated by the Write-Progress cmdlet. The Write-Progress cmdlet creates progress bars that show a command's status.</maml:para>
          </maml:description>
          <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">ActionPreference</command:parameterValue>
          <dev:type>
            <maml:name>ActionPreference</maml:name>
            <maml:uri />
          </dev:type>
          <dev:defaultValue>None</dev:defaultValue>
        </command:parameter>
      </command:syntaxItem>
    </command:syntax>
    <command:parameters>
      <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="named" aliases="proga">
        <maml:name>ProgressAction</maml:name>
        <maml:description>
          <maml:para>Determines how PowerShell responds to progress updates generated by a script, cmdlet, or provider, such as the progress bars generated by the Write-Progress cmdlet. The Write-Progress cmdlet creates progress bars that show a command's status.</maml:para>
        </maml:description>
        <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">ActionPreference</command:parameterValue>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>ActionPreference</maml:name>
          <maml:uri />
        </dev:type>
        <dev:defaultValue>None</dev:defaultValue>
      </command:parameter>
      <command:parameter required="true" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)" position="1" aliases="none">
        <maml:name>SqlName</maml:name>
        <maml:description>
          <maml:para>Specifies the SQL Server identifier to be encoded.</maml:para>
        </maml:description>
        <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">String</command:parameterValue>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>String</maml:name>
          <maml:uri />
        </dev:type>
        <dev:defaultValue>None</dev:defaultValue>
      </command:parameter>
    </command:parameters>
    <command:inputTypes>
      <command:inputType>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>String</maml:name>
        </dev:type>
        <maml:description>
          <maml:para></maml:para>
        </maml:description>
      </command:inputType>
    </command:inputTypes>
    <command:returnValues>
      <command:returnValue>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>String</maml:name>
        </dev:type>
        <maml:description>
          <maml:para></maml:para>
        </maml:description>
      </command:returnValue>
    </command:returnValues>
    <maml:alertSet>
      <maml:alert>
        <maml:para></maml:para>
      </maml:alert>
    </maml:alertSet>
    <command:examples>
      <command:example>
        <maml:title>---------- Example 1: Encode a SQL Server table name ----------</maml:title>
        <dev:code>PS C:\&gt; ConvertTo-EncodedSqlName -SqlName "My:Table/"
 
My%3ATable%2F</dev:code>
        <dev:remarks>
          <maml:para>This command encodes a SQL Server table name that contains : and / characters.</maml:para>
        </dev:remarks>
      </command:example>
    </command:examples>
    <command:relatedLinks>
      <maml:navigationLink>
        <maml:linkText>Online Version:</maml:linkText>
        <maml:uri>https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/sqlserver/convertto-encodedsqlname</maml:uri>
      </maml:navigationLink>
      <maml:navigationLink>
        <maml:linkText>Using SQL Server Identifiers in PowerShell</maml:linkText>
        <maml:uri></maml:uri>
      </maml:navigationLink>
      <maml:navigationLink>
        <maml:linkText>ConvertFrom-EncodedSqlName</maml:linkText>
        <maml:uri></maml:uri>
      </maml:navigationLink>
    </command:relatedLinks>
  </command:command>
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