Thanks.

That got me in the right direction to put in similar code in a Powershell script and it now executes.

Does anyone know why does the  InitialCatalog and ServerName  info ovverride the  ConnectionString ?
Must be some prioritization of how the system applies properties.

Is there a way to...

Yeah, I played around with that and know that's an option.

I know I can get it to work.........it's really a question of how to do it with the...