Update-DbaInstance - Add early validation for empty -Path parameter (#10283)

andreasjordan · web-flow · commit d6552592e872 · 2026-03-28T08:19:59.000+01:00
diff --git a/public/Update-DbaInstance.ps1 b/public/Update-DbaInstance.ps1
@@ -274,6 +274,10 @@ function Update-DbaInstance {
                 }
             }
         }
+        if (-not $Path) {
+            Stop-Function -Category InvalidArgument -Message "Path is required. Please provide a -Path to a folder containing (or to store) SQL Server updates, or configure a default with Set-DbatoolsConfig -Name Path.SQLServerUpdates -Value 'C:\patches'."
+            return
+        }
         $actions = @()
         $actionTemplate = @{ }
         if ($InstanceName) { $actionTemplate.InstanceName = $InstanceName }

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -274,6 +274,10 @@ function Update-DbaInstance {`
`274`	`274`	`}`
`275`	`275`	`}`
`276`	`276`	`}`
	`277`	`+ if (-not $Path) {`
	`278`	`+ Stop-Function -Category InvalidArgument -Message "Path is required. Please provide a -Path to a folder containing (or to store) SQL Server updates, or configure a default with Set-DbatoolsConfig -Name Path.SQLServerUpdates -Value 'C:\patches'."`
	`279`	`+ return`
	`280`	`+ }`
`277`	`281`	`$actions = @()`
`278`	`282`	`$actionTemplate = @{ }`
`279`	`283`	`if ($InstanceName) { $actionTemplate.InstanceName = $InstanceName }`