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Create-NAVDatabase

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Module:
Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Ide

Creates a new Business Central application database.

Syntax

Create-NAVDatabase
      [-DatabaseName] <String>
      [-DatabaseServer <String>]
      [-Collation <String>]
      [-LogPath <String>]
      [<CommonParameters>]
Create-NAVDatabase
      [-DatabaseName] <String>
      [-DatabaseServer <String>]
      [-Collation <String>]
      [-LogPath <String>]
      -Username <String>
      -Password <String>
      [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Create-NAVDatabase creates a new NAV database that includes the NAV system tables.

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

Create-NAVDatabase MyNewApp

Creates a new NAV database named MyNewApp.

EXAMPLE 2

Create-NAVDatabase MyNewApp -ServerName "TestComputer01\NAVDEMO" -Collation "da-dk"

Creates a new NAV database named MyNewApp on TestComputer01\NAVDEMO Sql server with Danish collation.

Parameters

-Collation

Specifies the collation of the database.

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

-DatabaseName

Specifies the name of the Business Central database that will be created.

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

-DatabaseServer

Specifies the name of the SQL server instance on which you want to create the database. The default value is the default instance on the local host (.).

Type:String
Position:Named
Default value:.
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-LogPath

Specifies the log folder.

Type:String
Position:Named
Default value:"$Env:TEMP\NavIde\$([GUID]::NewGuid().GUID)"
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Password

The password to use with the username parameter to authenticate to the database. If you do not specify a user name and password, then the command uses the credentials of the current Windows user to authenticate to the database.

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

-Username

The user name to use to authenticate to the database. The user name must exist in the database. If you do not specify a user name and password, then the command uses the credentials of the current Windows user to authenticate to the database.

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

Inputs

None

You cannot pipe input into this function.

Outputs

None