# Invoke-BluGenieSQLLQuery

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### Invoke-BluGenieSQLLQuery <a href="#invoke-blugeniesqllquery" id="invoke-blugeniesqllquery"></a>

### SYNOPSIS <a href="#synopsis" id="synopsis"></a>

Invoke-BluGenieSQLLQuery is a shim function to ( Invoke-SqliteQuery ) which helps manage SQL queries and gives us a correctly formatted return for BluGenie reporting

### SYNTAX <a href="#syntax" id="syntax"></a>

```
Invoke-BluGenieSQLLQuery [[-QueryString] <String[]>] [-File <String>] [-DBName <String>] [-DBPath <String>] [-ClearGarbageCollecting] [-Walkthrough] [-ReturnObject] [-OutUnEscapedJSON] [-FormatView <String>] 
[<CommonParameters>]
```

### DESCRIPTION <a href="#description" id="description"></a>

Invoke-BluGenieSQLLQuery is a shim function to ( Invoke-SqliteQuery ) which helps manage SQL queries and gives us a correctly formatted return for BluGenie reporting

### EXAMPLES <a href="#examples" id="examples"></a>

#### EXAMPLE 1 <a href="#example-1" id="example-1"></a>

```
Command: Invoke-BGSQLLQuery -QueryString "SELECT
```

```
FullName,
Hash
FROM
BGChildItemList
WHERE
Hash = 'd4d2883b821d5e95805336234a50c7e8'"Description: Return Fullname, and Hash information for a specific item that matches the requested Hash
Notes:
```

#### EXAMPLE 2 <a href="#example-2" id="example-2"></a>

```
Command: Invoke-BGSQLLQuery -File .\Tools\Blubin\Modules\BluGenie\Configs\SQL\grabhash.sql
```

```
Description: Query the Sqlite Database using a Query from a file
Notes:
```

#### EXAMPLE 3 <a href="#example-3" id="example-3"></a>

```
Command: Invoke-BluGenieSQLLQuery -Help
```

```
Description: Call Help Information
Notes: If Help / WalkThrough is setup as a parameter, this script will be called to setup the Dynamic Help Menu if not the normal
Get-Help will be called with the -Full parameter
```

#### EXAMPLE 4 <a href="#example-4" id="example-4"></a>

```
Command: Invoke-BluGenieSQLLQuery -WalkThrough
```

```
Description: Call Help Information [2]
Notes: If Help / WalkThrough is setup as a parameter, this script will be called to setup the Dynamic Help Menu if not the normal
Get-Help will be called with the -Full parameter
```

#### EXAMPLE 5 <a href="#example-5" id="example-5"></a>

```
Command: Invoke-BGSQLLQuery -File .\Tools\Blubin\Modules\BluGenie\Configs\SQL\grabhash.sql -OutUnEscapedJSON
```

```
Description: Return a detailed function report in an UnEscaped JSON format
Notes:  The OutUnEscapedJSON is used to Beautify the JSON return and not Escape any Characters.  Normal return data is a Hash Table.
```

#### EXAMPLE 6 <a href="#example-6" id="example-6"></a>

```
Command: Invoke-BGSQLLQuery -File .\Tools\Blubin\Modules\BluGenie\Configs\SQL\grabhash.sql -OutYaml
```

```
Description: Return a detailed function report in YAML format
Notes:  The OutUnEscapedJSON is used to Beautify the JSON return and not Escape any Characters.  Normal return data is a Hash Table.
```

#### EXAMPLE 7 <a href="#example-7" id="example-7"></a>

```
Command: Invoke-BGSQLLQuery -File .\Tools\Blubin\Modules\BluGenie\Configs\SQL\grabhash.sql -ReturnObject
```

```
Description: Return Output as a Object
Notes:  The ReturnObject is used to return a PowerShell Object.  Normal return data is a Hash Table.
       This parameter is also used with the ForMat
```

### PARAMETERS <a href="#parameters" id="parameters"></a>

#### QueryString <a href="#querystring" id="querystring"></a>

```
-QueryString <String[]>
   Description: SQL String to query for specific data from the SQlite Database
   Notes:
   Alias:
   ValidateSet:
   
   Required?                    false
   Position?                    1
   Default value                
   Accept pipeline input?       false
   Accept wildcard characters?  false
```

#### File <a href="#file" id="file"></a>

```
-File <String>
   Description: Full file path to a file housing a SQL Query string
   Notes:
   Alias:
   ValidateSet:
   
   Required?                    false
   Position?                    named
   Default value                
   Accept pipeline input?       false
   Accept wildcard characters?  false
```

#### DBName <a href="#dbname" id="dbname"></a>

```
-DBName <String>
   Description: Database Name (Without extention)
   Notes: The default name is set to 'BluGenie'
   Alias:
   ValidateSet:
   
   Required?                    false
   Position?                    named
   Default value                BluGenie
   Accept pipeline input?       false
   Accept wildcard characters?  false
```

#### DBPath <a href="#dbpath" id="dbpath"></a>

```
-DBPath <String>
   Description: Path to either Save or Update the Database
   Notes: The default path is $('{0}\BluGenie' -f $env:ProgramFiles)  Example: C:\Program Files\BluGenie
   Alias:
   ValidateSet:
   
   Required?                    false
   Position?                    named
   Default value                $('{0}\BluGenie' -f $env:ProgramFiles)
   Accept pipeline input?       false
   Accept wildcard characters?  false
```

#### ClearGarbageCollecting <a href="#cleargarbagecollecting" id="cleargarbagecollecting"></a>

```
-ClearGarbageCollecting [<SwitchParameter>]
   Description: Garbage Collection in Powershell to Speed up Scripts and help lower memory consumption
   Notes: This is enabled by default.  To disable use -ClearGarbageCollecting:$False
   Alias:
   ValidateSet:
   
   Required?                    false
   Position?                    named
   Default value                False
   Accept pipeline input?       false
   Accept wildcard characters?  false
```

#### Walkthrough <a href="#walkthrough" id="walkthrough"></a>

```
-Walkthrough [<SwitchParameter>]
   Description:  Start the dynamic help menu system to help walk through the current command and all of the parameters
   Notes:
   Alias: Help
   ValidateSet:
   
   Required?                    false
   Position?                    named
   Default value                False
   Accept pipeline input?       false
   Accept wildcard characters?  false
```

#### ReturnObject <a href="#returnobject" id="returnobject"></a>

```
-ReturnObject [<SwitchParameter>]
   Description: Return information as an Object
   Notes: By default the data is returned as a Hash Table
   Alias:
   ValidateSet:
   
   Required?                    false
   Position?                    named
   Default value                False
   Accept pipeline input?       false
   Accept wildcard characters?  false
```

#### OutUnEscapedJSON <a href="#outunescapedjson" id="outunescapedjson"></a>

```
-OutUnEscapedJSON [<SwitchParameter>]
   Description: Remove UnEsacped Char from the JSON information.
   Notes: This will beautify json and clean up the formatting.
   Alias:
   ValidateSet:
   
   Required?                    false
   Position?                    named
   Default value                False
   Accept pipeline input?       false
   Accept wildcard characters?  false
```

#### FormatView <a href="#formatview" id="formatview"></a>

```
-FormatView <String>
   Description: Automatically format the Return Object
   Notes: Yaml is only supported in Posh 3.0 and above
   Alias:
   ValidateSet: 'Table', 'Custom', 'CustomModified', 'None', 'JSON', 'OutUnEscapedJSON', 'CSV'
   
   Required?                    false
   Position?                    named
   Default value                None
   Accept pipeline input?       false
   Accept wildcard characters?  false
```

#### CommonParameters <a href="#commonparameters" id="commonparameters"></a>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see [about\_CommonParameters](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).


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