Creating a table

This recipe shows how to create a table using PowerShell and SMO.

Getting ready

We will use the AdventureWorks2008R2 database to create a table named Student, which has five columns. To give you a better idea of what we are trying to achieve, the equivalent T-SQL script needed to create this table is as follows:

USE AdventureWorks2008R2
GO
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Student](
[StudentID] [INT] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[FName] [VARCHAR](50) NULL,
[LName] [VARCHAR](50) NOT NULL,
[DateOfBirth] [DATETIME] NULL,
[Age]  AS (DATEPART(YEAR,GETDATE())-DATEPART(YEAR,[DateOfBirth])),
CONSTRAINT [PK_Student_StudentID] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED 
(
 [StudentID] ASC
)

GO

How to do it...

Let's create the Student table using PowerShell:

1. Open the PowerShell console by going to Start | Accessories | Windows PowerShell | Windows PowerShell ISE.

2. Import the SQLPS module, and create a new SMO Server object:

   #import SQL Server module
   Import-Module SQLPS -DisableNameChecking
   
   #replace this with your instance name...