Hello experts,I'm learning Powershell to try to accomplish a task. I say "learning" as a disclaimer - so if the code below is as ugly as I think it is, by all means let me know of a more elegant way!1. I am trying to use Powershell to query a view I have of database names. 2. For each database in the view, I want to copy the latest backup file from production to staging. "DBSERVER" is production and "DBSERVERSTAGING" is staging.3. If a database name is not in the view, I do NOT want to copy that backup file.At the moment, I can get a list of databases parsed from the directory folders. I can also use Powershell to return a list of names from the view (see snippet below). I also have the code working to carry out the copy of the latest backup file from production to staging, using the code here as a starting point, since I use the Ola Hallengren backup solution:[url=https://sqlactions.com/2015/03/30/powershell-script-to-manipulate-sql-server-backup-files/][b]https://sqlactions.com/2015/03/30/powershell-script-to-manipulate-sql-server-backup-files/[u][/u][/b][/url]But when I try to combine the two, the Powershell script copies ALL the database backups from production, not just the subset in the view. I have commented out the copy line #Copy-Item $FileToCopy $DestinationPath -Include *.bak which is where I want the correct backup file copy to happen. And I am trying to filter out .trn files and use full .bak files only.So my basic question is: What is the most efficient way to use a database query/view as a basis (a loop I assume) for comparing the query/view values to the values parsed from a directory listing? Specifically, I have heard of Powershell arrays, so is there a way to output the query results into an array that I can then provide to the Copy-Item command in a loop?[code]# Get database name from the file path. If ($FileToCopy.Length -gt 0 -And $FileToCopy.IndexOf("\FULL\") -gt 0){$DatabaseName = $FileToCopy.SubString(($FileToCopy.IndexOf("\DBSERVER\") + 7),($FileToCopy.IndexOf("\FULL\") - $FileToCopy.IndexOf("\DBSERVER\") - 7)) $DbDetails = "select name from dbo.db_list where name = '{0}'" -f $DatabaseName Invoke-Sqlcmd –ServerInstance DBSERVERSTAGING –Database dba –Query $DbDetails#Copy-Item $FileToCopy $DestinationPath -Include *.bak}[/code]Thanks for any help!- webrunner
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