KB2988166 - FIX: Additional semicolons are added to object definition when you run Invoke-Sqlcmd in SQL Server

Applies To
SQL Server 2012 Developer SQL Server 2012 Enterprise SQL Server 2012 Standard SQL Server 2014 Developer - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Enterprise - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Standard - duplicate (do not use)

Symptoms

When you execute the Invoke-Sqlcmd commandlet in PowerShell to import the definition scripts of the Microsoft SQL Server objects such as triggers, functions and stored procedures, you may notice that some additional semicolons are added to the object definition.

Resolution

The issue was first fixed in the following cumulative update of SQL Server.

Cumulative Update 4 for SQL Server 2014 /en-us/help/2999197

Cumulative Update 2 for SQL Server 2012 SP2 /en-us/help/2983175

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.