How can i get the while loop to enter a different loop beside the first one

Question

I can't seem to figure out how to change the value to enter into one of the other while statements in the script. I am new to this and can't seem to find anything how to enter in the information to be able to go to different while statements and then run
what is located in that statement.
The script is supposed to let me choose between TC, MonsterLock, and Cyc and then jump to the while statement that is associated with one of them and then run what ever is located in that block. All i am getting is a infinite loop and it never sees the other
while loops. I have 3 set up the go along with the first statement but no matter what i type in for them it always looks at the first while statement and stays there.
Can someone please help me with having it do what i stated earlier.  
write-host "This script sets up DATABASE Staging"
$ProductionDistro = Read-Host -Prompt "Which production do you `enter code here`want to run?(TC/MonsterLock/Cyc)"
While($ProductionDistro -notmatch "(TC|MonsterLock|Cyc)"){
write-host "You have entered an error" -ForegroundColor Red
write-host "You must type TC or MonsterLock or Cyc"
write-host "you typed $ProductionDistro"
write-host "This script sets up DATABASE Staging"
$ProductionDistro = Read-Host -Prompt "Which production do you `enter code here`want to run?(TC/MonsterLock/Cyc)"
while($ProductionDistro -match $TC) {
write-host "Sets up location you want to run staging"
$ElementDistro = Read-Host -Prompt "Which Element do you want to run? (DATABASE1/DATABASE2/DATABASE3/DATABASE4/ALL)"
While($ElementDistro -notmatch "(DATABASE1|DATABASE2|DATABASE3|DATABASE4|ALL)") {
write-host "you have enterd an error" -ForegroundColor Red
write-host "You must type DATABASE1 or DATABASE2 or DATABASE3 or DATABASE4 or ALL"
write-host "you typed $ElementDistro"
write-host "set location you want to run staging"
$ElementDistro = Read-Host -Prompt "Which Element do you want to run? (DATABASE1/DATABASE2/DATABASE3/DATABASE4/ALL)"
While($PrductionDistro -match $MonsterLock){
write-host "Sets up location you want to run staging"
$ElementDistro = Read-Host -Prompt "Which Element do you want to run? (DATABASE1/DATABASE2/DATABASE3/DATABASE4/ALL)"
While($ElementDistro -notmatch "(DATABASE1|DATABASE2|DATABASE3|DATABASE4|ALL)") {
write-host "you have enterd an error" -ForegroundColor Red
write-host "You must type DATABASE1 or DATABASE2 or DATABASE3 or DATABASE4 or ALL"
write-host "you typed $ElementDistro"
write-host "set location you want to run staging"
$ElementDistro = Read-Host -Prompt "Which Element do you want to run? (DATABASE1/DATABASE2/DATABASE3/DATABASE4/ALL)"
while( $ElementDistro -match $DATABASE1 ){
function Execute-MySqlcommand {param( [string]$Server, #the host of the SQL server
[string]$Database1, #the name of the database
[System.Data.MySqlclient.MySqlcommand]$Command) #the command to execute (name of stored command)
$mysqlConnection = new-object System.Data.MySqlclient.MySqlConnection
$MySqlConnection.ConnectionString = "DROP_VIEW DATABASE.BTXADDR;DROP_VIEW DATABASE.BTXSUPB;CREATE_VIEW DATABASE.BTXADDR FOR DATABASE1.DATABASE1S2.BTXADDR;CREATE_VIEW DATABASE.BTXSUPB FOR DATABASE1.DATABASE1S3.BTXSUPB"
$MySqlConnection.ConnectionString = "TRUNCATE TABLE DATABASE1.DATABASE1S2.BTXADDR;TRUNCATE TABLE DATABASE1.DATABASE1S3.BTXSUPB; INSERT INTO DATABASE1.DATABASE1S3.BTXSUPB SELECT * FROM DATABASE1.DATABASE1S2.BTXSUPB; select count(*) from DATABASE1.DATABASE.BTXADDR; select count(*) from DATABASE1S.DATABASE.BTXADDR; select count(*) from DATABASE1.DATABASE.BTXSURB; select count(*) from DATABASE1S.DATABASE.BTXSUPB;"
$Command.CommandType = 1 # 1 is the 'Text' command type
$Command.Connection = $mysqlConnection
$mysqlConnection.Open()
$Result = $Command.ExecuteNonQuery()
$mysqlConnection.Close()
if ($Result -gt 0) {return $True} else {return $False}
function Execute-MySQLCommand {param( [string]$Server, #the host name of the SQL server
[string]$DATABASE1, #the name of the database
[System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand]$Command) #the command to execute (name of stored procedure)
$sqlConnection = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection
$sqlConnection.ConnectionString = "DATABASE_CONNECT_STRING=DSN=DATABASE1;Description=DATABASE1;Trusted_Connection=Yes;WSID=Server;DATABASE=DATABASE1;DATASET=DEFAULT"
$Command.CommandType = 1 # 1 is the 'Text' command type
$Command.Connection = $sqlConnection
$sqlConnection.Open()
$Result = $Command.ExecuteNonQuery()
$sqlConnection.Close()
if ($Result -gt 0) {return $TRUE} else {return $FALSE}
function Copy-File {
#.Synopsis
# Copies all files and folders in $source folder to $destination folder, but with .copy inserted before the extension if the file already exists
param}($DATABASE0980453.pkg,"d/DATABASE1/code_stg")
# create destination if it's not there ...
#mkdir $destination -force -erroraction SilentlyContinue
foreach($original in ls $source -recurse) {
$result = $original.FullName.Replace($source,$destination)
while(test-path $result -type leaf){ $result = [IO.Path]::ChangeExtension($result,"copy$([IO.Path]::GetExtension($result))") }
if($original.PSIsContainer) {
# mkdir $result -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
# } else {
copy $original.FullName -destination $result
cd /d/DATABASE1/code_stg
install ../DATABASE0980453.pkg
while($ElementDistro -match $DATABASE2 ) {
function execute-MySqlcommand {param( [string]$Server, #the host of the SQL server
[string]$DataBase2, #the name of the database
[System.Data.MySqlclient.MySqlcommand]$Command) #the command to execute (name of stored command)
$mysqlConnection = new-object System.Data.MySqlclient.MySqlConnection
$MySqlConnection.ConnectionString = "DROP_VIEW DATABASE.BTXADDR;DROP_VIEW DATABASE.BTXSUPB;CREATE_VIEW DATABASE.BTXADDR FOR DATABASE2.DATABASE2MS2.BTXADDR;CREATE_VIEW DATABASE.BTXSUPB FOR DATABASE2.DATABASE2S3.BTXSUPB"
$MySqlConnection.ConnectionString = "TRUNCATE TABLE DATABASE2.DATABASE2S2.BTXADDR;TRUNCATE TABLE DATABASE2.DATABASE2S3.BTXSUPB; INSERT INTO DATABASE2.DATABASE2S3.BTXSUPB SELECT * FROM DATABASE2.DATABASE2S2.BTXSUPB; select count(*) from DATABASE2.DATABASE.BTXADDR; select count(*) from DATABASE2S.DATABASE.BTXADDR; select count(*) from DATABASE2.DATABASE.BTXSURB; select count(*) from DATABASE2S.DATABASE.BTXSUPB;"
$Command.CommandType = 1 # 1 is the 'Text' command type
$Command.Connection = $mysqlConnection
$mysqlConnection.Open()
$Result = $Command.ExecuteNonQuery()
$mysqlConnection.Close()
if ($Result -gt 0) {return $True} else {return $False}
function Execute-MySQLCommand {param( [string]$Server, #the host name of the SQL server
[string]$DATABASE2, #the name of the database
[System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand]$Command) #the command to execute (name of stored procedure)
$sqlConnection = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection
$sqlConnection.ConnectionString = "DATABASE_CONNECT_STRING=DSN=DATABASE2; Description=DATABASE2; Trusted_Connection=Yes;WSID=Server;DATABASE=DATABASE2;"
$Command.CommandType = 1 # 1 is the 'Text' command type
$Command.Connection = $sqlConnection
$sqlConnection.Open()
$Result = $Command.ExecuteNonQuery()
$sqlConnection.Close()
if ($Result -gt 0) {return $TRUE} else {return $FALSE}
function Copy-File {
#.Synopsis
# Copies all files and folders in $source folder to $destination folder, but with .copy inserted before the extension if the file already exists
param}($DATABASE0980453.pkg,"d/DATABASE2/code_stg")
# create destination if it's not there ...
#mkdir $destination -force -erroraction SilentlyContinue
foreach($original in ls $source -recurse) {
$result = $original.FullName.Replace($source,$destination)
while(test-path $result -type leaf){ $result = [IO.Path]::ChangeExtension($result,"copy$([IO.Path]::GetExtension($result))") }
if($original.PSIsContainer) {
# mkdir $result -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
# } else {
copy $original.FullName -destination $result
cd /d/DATABASE2/code_stg
install ../DATABASE0980453.pkg
While( $ElementDistro -match $DATABASE3 ) {
function Execute-MySqlcommand {param( [string]$Server, #the host of the SQL server
[string]$DATABASE3, #the name of the database
[System.Data.MySqlclient.MySqlcommand]$Command) #the command to execute (name of stored command)
$mysqlConnection = new-object System.Data.MySqlclient.MySqlConnection
$MySqlConnection.ConnectionString = "DROP_VIEW DATABASE.BTXADDR;DROP_VIEW DATABASE.BTXSUPB;CREATE_VIEW DATABASE.BTXADDR FOR DATABASE3.DATABASE3S2.BTXADDR;CREATE_VIEW DATABASE.BTXSUPB FOR DATABASE3.DATABASE3S3.BTXSUPB"
$MySqlConnection.ConnectionString = "TRUNCATE TABLE DATABASE3.DATABASE3S2.BTXADDR;TRUNCATE TABLE DATABASE3.DATABASE3S3.BTXSUPB; INSERT INTO DATABASE3.DATABASE3S3.BTXSUPB SELECT * FROM DATABASE3.DATABASE3S2.BTXSUPB; select count(*) from DATABASE3.DATABASE.BTXADDR; select count(*) from DATABASE3S.DATABASE.BTXADDR; select count(*) from DATABASE3.DATABASE.BTXSURB; select count(*) from DATABASE3S.DATABASE.BTXSUPB;"
$Command.CommandType = 1 # 1 is the 'Text' command type
$Command.Connection = $mysqlConnection
$mysqlConnection.Open()
$Result = $Command.ExecuteNonQuery()
$mysqlConnection.Close()
if ($Result -gt 0) {return $True} else {return $False}
function Execute-MySQLCommand {param( [string]$Server, #the host name of the SQL server
[string]$DATABASE3, #the name of the database
[System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand]$Command) #the command to execute (name of stored procedure)
$sqlConnection = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection
$sqlConnection.ConnectionString = "DATABASE_CONNECT_STRING=DSN=DATABASE3;Description=DATABASE3;Trusted_Connection=Yes;WSID=Server;DATABASE=DATABASE3;"
$Command.CommandType = 1 # 1 is the 'Text' command type
$Command.Connection = $sqlConnection
$sqlConnection.Open()
$Result = $Command.ExecuteNonQuery()
$sqlConnection.Close()
if ($Result -gt 0) {return $TRUE} else {return $FALSE}
cd /d/DATABASE3/code_stg
install ../DATABASE0980453.pkg
function Copy-File {
#.Synopsis
# Copies all files and folders in $source folder to $destination folder, but with .copy inserted before the extension if the file already exists
param}($DATABASE0980453.pkg,"d/DATABASE3/code_stg")
# create destination if it's not there ...
#mkdir $destination -force -erroraction SilentlyContinue
foreach($original in ls $source -recurse) {
$result = $original.FullName.Replace($source,$destination)
while(test-path $result -type leaf){ $result = [IO.Path]::ChangeExtension($result,"copy$([IO.Path]::GetExtension($result))") }
if($original.PSIsContainer) {
# mkdir $result -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
# } else {
copy $original.FullName -destination $result
While($ElementDistro -match $DATABASE4 ) {
function Execute-MySqlcommand {param( [string]$Server, #the host of the SQL server
[string]$DATABASE4, #the name of the database
[System.Data.MySqlclient.MySqlcommand]$Command) #the command to execute (name of stored command)
$mysqlConnection = new-object System.Data.MySqlclient.MySqlConnection
$MySqlConnection.ConnectionString = "DROP_VIEW DATABASE.BTXADDR;DROP_VIEW DATABASE.BTXSUPB;CREATE_VIEW DATABASE.BTXADDR FOR DATABASE4.DATABASE42.BTXADDR;CREATE_VIEW DATABASE.BTXSUPB FOR DATABASE4.DATABASE4S3.BTXSUPB"
$MySqlConnection.ConnectionString = "TRUNCATE TABLE DATABASE4.DATABASE4S2.BTXADDR;TRUNCATE TABLE DATABASE4.DATABASE4S3.BTXSUPB; INSERT INTO DATABASE4.DATABASE4S3.BTXSUPB SELECT * FROM DATABASE4.DATABASE4S2.BTXSUPB; select count(*) from DATABASE4.DATABASE.BTXADDR; select count(*) from DATABASE4S.DATABASE.BTXADDR; select count(*) from DATABASE4.DATABASE.BTXSURB; select count(*) from DATABASE4S.DATABASE.BTXSUPB;"
$Command.CommandType = 1 # 1 is the 'Text' command type
$Command.Connection = $mysqlConnection
$mysqlConnection.Open()
$Result = $Command.ExecuteNonQuery()
$mysqlConnection.Close()
if ($Result -gt 0) {return $True} else {return $False}
function Execute-MySQLCommand {param( [string]$Server, #the host name of the SQL server
[string]$DATABASE4, #the name of the database
[System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand]$Command) #the command to execute (name of stored procedure)
$sqlConnection = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection
$sqlConnection.ConnectionString = "DATABASE_CONNECT_STRING=DSN=DATABASE4;Description=DATABASE4;Trusted_Connection=Yes;WSID=Server;DATABASE=TF90PVS;"
$Command.CommandType = 1 # 1 is the 'Text' command type
$Command.Connection = $sqlConnection
$sqlConnection.Open()
$Result = $Command.ExecuteNonQuery()
$sqlConnection.Close()
if ($Result -gt 0) {return $TRUE} else {return $FALSE}
function Copy-File {
#.Synopsis
# Copies all files and folders in $source folder to $destination folder, but with .copy inserted before the extension if the file already exists
param}($DATABASE0980453.pkg,,"d/DATABASE4/code_stg")
# create destination if it's not there ...
#mkdir $destination -force -erroraction SilentlyContinue
foreach($original in ls $source -recurse) {
$result = $original.FullName.Replace($source,$destination)
while(test-path $result -type leaf){ $result = [IO.Path]::ChangeExtension($result,"copy$([IO.Path]::GetExtension($result))") }
if($original.PSIsContainer) {
# mkdir $result -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
# } else {
copy $original.FullName -destination $result
cd /d/DATABASE4/code_st
install ../DATABASE0980453.pkg
While($ElementDistro -match $ALL ){
function Execute-MySQLCommand {param( [string]$Server, #the host name of the SQL server
[string]$DATABASE1,$DATABASE2,$DATABASE3,$DATABASE4, #the name of the database
[System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand]$Command) #the command to execute (name of stored procedure)
$sqlConnection = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection
$sqlConnection.ConnectionString = "(DATABASE_CONNECT_STRING=DSN=DATABASE1;Description=DATABASE1;Trusted_Connection=Yes;WSID=Server;DATABASE=DATABASE1;DATASET=DEFAULT;),(DATABASE_CONNECT_STRING=DSN=DATABASE2; Description=DATABASE2; Trusted_Connection=Yes;WSID=Server;DATABASE=DATABASE2;),(DATABASE_CONNECT_STRING=DSN=DATABASE3;Description=DATABASE3;Trusted_Connection=Yes;WSID=Server;DATABASE=DATABASE3;),(DATABASE_CONNECT_STRING=DSN=DATABASE4;Description=DATABASE4;Trusted_Connection=Yes;WSID=Server;DATABASE=TF90PVS;)"
$Command.CommandType = 1 # 1 is the 'Text' command type
$Command.Connection = $sqlConnection
$sqlConnection.Open()
$Result = $Command.ExecuteNonQuery()
$sqlConnection.Close()
if ($Result -gt 0) {return $TRUE} else {return $FALSE}
install ../DATABASE0980453.pkg
While($ProductionDistro -match $Cyc) {
write-host "Sets up location you want to run staging"
$ElementDistro = Read-Host -Prompt "Which Element do you want to run? (DATABASE1/DATABASE2/DATABASE3/DATABASE4/ALL)"
While($ElementDistro -notmatch "(DATABASE1|DATABASE2|DATABASE3|DATABASE4|ALL)") {
write-host "you have enterd an error" -ForgroundColor Red
write-host "You must type DATABASE1 or DATABASE2 or DATABASE3 or DATABASE4 or ALL"
write-host "you typed $ElementDistro"
write-host "set location you want to run staging"
$ElementDistro = Read-Host -Prompt "Which Element do you want to run? (DATABASE1/DATABASE2/DATABASE3/DATABASE4/ALL)"

Answer 1

OK, so you've got a reasonable input loop early on:
write-host "This script sets up DATABASE Staging"
$ProductionDistro = Read-Host -Prompt "Which production do you `enter code here`want to run?(TC/MonsterLock/Cyc)"
While($ProductionDistro -notmatch "^(TC|MonsterLock|Cyc)$"){
write-host "You have entered an error" -ForegroundColor Red
write-host "You must type TC or MonsterLock or Cyc"
write-host "you typed $ProductionDistro"
write-host "This script sets up DATABASE Staging"
$ProductionDistro = Read-Host -Prompt "Which production do you `enter code here`want to run?(TC/MonsterLock/Cyc)"
I've only added two things to that code:  a ^ and $ at the beginning and end of your regex pattern.  As originally written, it would have successfully matched any string containing TC, MonsterLock or Cyc (such as "bogusTCwhatever", etc).
Now, instead of a bunch of extra While loops based on $ProductionDistro, what you need is some conditionals (either a Switch statement, or some If/ElseIf).  For example:
switch ($ProductionDistro)
'TC'
# Do TC Stuff
break
'MonsterLock'
# Do MonsterLock Stuff
break
'Cyc'
# Do Cyc stuff
break