Runs fine in the ISE but not when ran as a script?

$date = Get-Date -Format MM.d.yyyy
$OutputDir = “C:\Reports\SQL”
$File = “Sql_” + “$date” + “.csv”
$OutputFile = Join-Path $OutputDir $file

if(!(Test-Path -Path $OutputDir))
{mkdir $OutputDir}
else {continue}

#SQl Data-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#Connection Strings
$Database = “db1”
$Server = “server11”

Connect to SQL and query data, extract data to SQL Adapter

$SqlQuery = "DECLARE @PreviousDay Date, @toDay Date
SET @PreviousDay = GETDATE() - 1
SET @toDay = GETDATE()
PRINT @PreviousDay
PRINT @toDay

SELECT Phone1

FROM db1.dbo.Lead (NOLOCK)
WHERE ClientrelationshipId IN (4963,118, 4964, 5109)
AND CreatedDate >= @PreviousDay
AND CreatedDate < @toDay
ORDER BY LeadId "

$SqlConnection = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection
$SqlConnection.ConnectionString = “Data Source=$Server;Initial Catalog=$Database;Integrated Security = True”
$SqlCmd = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand
$SqlCmd.CommandText = $SqlQuery
$SqlCmd.Connection = $SqlConnection
$SqlAdapter = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataAdapter
$SqlAdapter.SelectCommand = $SqlCmd
$DataSet = New-Object System.Data.DataSet
$nRecs = $SqlAdapter.Fill($DataSet)
$nRecs | Out-Null
#Populate Hash Table
$objTable = $DataSet.Tables[0]
#Export Hash Table to CSV File
$objTable |Export-CSV $OutputFile -NoTypeInformation
#SQl Data-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#ftp server upload--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$Dir= $OutputFile
$ftp = “ftp://mysite.com/dir
$user = “user”
$pass = “password”
$webclient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
$webclient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($user,$pass)
#list every sql server trace file
foreach($item in (dir $Dir)){
“Uploading $item…”
$uri = New-Object System.Uri($ftp+$item.Name)
$webclient.UploadFile($uri, $item.FullName)
}

#ftp server upload--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

When ran a portion at a time everything executes perfectly! when ran all at once i get nothing no error no out at all

So… What’s it do? Error messages? Different behavior? We can’t easily run your script so understanding what’s happening would be useful in helping you.

nothing no errors nothing it just completes. when I high light portions and run in the ISE works fine. connects to sql grabs query and exports data to csv and uploads. when ran a scheduled task, or the whole script at once it just complete with no output at all. I would like to make this a scheduled job

it just returns back to the prompt no erros

That would be because you have

if(!(Test-Path -Path $OutputDir)) {mkdir $OutputDir} else {continue}

Continue starts a new iteration of the current loop. An if statement is not a loop, so in your case, when you’re running it as a script, continue exits the script.

What you want is to do away with the else { continue } part entirely. It’s not necessary.

Well Done Martin! your advise was correct and now the script runs!
I was using the continue the wrong way
Thank you