ConvertTo-EncodedSqlName

Reference

Module:: SQLServer

Encodes extended characters in SQL Server names to formats usable in Windows PowerShell paths.

Syntax

ConvertTo-EncodedSqlName
              [-SqlName] <String>
              [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The ConvertTo-EncodedSqlName cmdlet encodes special characters in SQL Server names to formats usable in Windows PowerShell paths.

SQL Server delimited identifiers can contain characters not normally supported in Windows PowerShell object names.

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.

Certain characters, such as the colon character (:) cannot be escaped.

The hexadecimal encoding for the characters is in the format %nn.

The characters encoded by ConvertTo-EncodedSqlName are: \ : . / % < > * ? [ ] |

Examples

Example 1: Encode a SQL Server table name

PS C:\> ConvertTo-EncodedSqlName -SqlName "My:Table/" 

My%3ATable%2F

This command encodes a SQL Server table name that contains : and / characters.

Parameters

-SqlName

Specifies the SQL Server identifier to be encoded.

Type:	String
Position:	1
Default value:	None
Required:	True
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Inputs

String

Outputs