The xDatabase module contains the xDatabase, xDatabaseLogin, xDatabaseServer, and xDBPackage resources.

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• xDatabase handles creation/deletion of a database using a dacpac or SQL connection string.
• xDatabaseLogin not yet written..
• xDatabaseServer not yet written..
• xDBPackage allows extraction of a dacpac or import of a bacpac from a database.

• Credentials: The credential to connect to the SQL server.
• SqlServer: The SQL server.
• SqlServerVersion: The version of the SQL Server. This property can take the following values: { 2008-R2 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2017 | 2019 }
• BacPacPath: The path to the .bacpac file to be used for database restore If this is used, the DacPacPath (see below) cannot be specified.
• DacPacPath: The path to the .dacpac file to be used for database schema deploy. If this is used, the BacPacPath (see above) cannot be specified.
• DacPacApplicationName: For deploying a database using .dacpac file, an application name with which the dacpac is registered. This is needed to support database upgrade using .dacpac files. This must specified if DacPacPath is provided.
• DacPacApplicationVersion: This is an optional parameter needed for registration for database deployment using .dacpac files for dacpac registration.
• DatabaseName: The name of the database to be deployed.

Not yet written.

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• DatabaseName: The name of the database to be deployed.
• SqlServer: The SQL server.
• SqlServerVersion: The version of the SQL Server. This property can take the following values: { 2008-R2 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2017 | 2019 }
• Path: The path to the .bacpac or .dacpac file to be used to export a database to a bacpac or extract a db to a dacpac respectively.
• Type: This property can take the following values for dacpac extraction and bacpac export: { DACPAC | BACPAC }