Convert-UrnToPath

Module:: SqlServer Module

Converts a SQL Server Management Object URN to a Windows PowerShell provider path.

Syntax

Default (Default)

Convert-UrnToPath
    [-Urn] <String>
    [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Convert-UrnToPath cmdlet converts a SQL Server Management Object Uniform Resource Name (URN) to a SQL Server provider path.

SQL Server Management Objects have a Urn property that returns a string indicating their ___location in the SQL Server object hierarchy.

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.

For example, a table name "Main:Table" is encoded as "Main%3ATable".

Examples

Example 1: Get a string containing the current path

PS C:\> Set-Location "SQLSERVER:\SQL\MyComputer\MyInstance\Databases\AdventureWorks2014"
PS SQLSERVER:\SQL\MyComputer\MyInstance\Databases\AdventureWorks2014> Convert-UrnToPath -Urn (Get-Item .).Urn.ToString()

SQLSERVER:\SQL\MyComputer\MyInstance\Databases\AdventureWorks2014

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.

Example 2: Set the path ___location based on a URN

PS C:\> Set-Location (Convert-UrnToPath -Urn "Server[@Name='MyComputer']/Database[@Name='AdventureWorks']/Table[@Name='Address' and @Schema = 'Person']")

This command sets the path to the ___location specified in a SQL Server Management Object URN.

Example 3: Get database paths

PS C:\> Set-Location "SQLSERVER:\SQL\MyComputer\DEFAULT\Databases"
PS SQLSERVER:\SQL\MyComputer\DEFAULT\Databases> foreach ($Item in Get-ChildItem) { $Item.Urn.ToString() | Convert-UrnToPath }

SQLSERVER:\SQL\MyComputer\DEFAULT\Databases\AdventureWorks2014

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.

Parameters

-Urn

Specifies a SQL Server URN that identifies the ___location of an object in the SQL Server hierarchy.

Parameter properties

Type:	String
Default value:	None
Supports wildcards:	False
DontShow:	False

Parameter sets

(All)

Position:	1
Mandatory:	True
Value from pipeline:	True
Value from pipeline by property name:	True
Value from remaining arguments:	False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable, -ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.