Powershell pass parameter to sqlcmd - powershell

Question

I'm trying to pass username, db and pwd as variable to sqlcmd - but it does not seem to like it.
This works
#Run SQLCMD for each file
ForEach ($FileName in $FileNames)
{
Write-Host $FileName.BaseName
sqlcmd -S 123.database.net -d EMR -U user1-P mypassword -i $FileName.FullName
}
This does not work
#Run SQLCMD for each file
$db = "123.database.net"
$dbId = "user1"
$pwd = "mypassword"
ForEach ($FileName in $FileNames)
{
Write-Host $FileName.BaseName
sqlcmd -S $db -d EMR -U $dbId -P $pwd -i $FileName.FullName
}
Error message
sqlcmd : Sqlcmd: Error: Microsoft ODBC Driver 13 for SQL Server : Login failed for user 'user1'..

Answer 1

sqlcmd has its scope .Make the variables as Global. Then it should pick it.
DO this:
#Run SQLCMD for each file
$global:db = "123.database.net"
$global:dbId = "user1"
$global:pwd = "mypassword"
ForEach ($FileName in $FileNames)
{
Write-Host $FileName.BaseName
sqlcmd -S $db -d EMR -U $dbId -P $pwd -i $FileName.FullName
}
Note: I have not taken into consideration that your second scriptlet is throwing any error in particular or not.