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# Add table names to the "$tables" array in the order they should be created.
$tables = @(
    "dbo.Person",
    "dbo.Settings",
    "dbo.SmsStatus",
    "dbo.Sms"
)

# Create a table if it does not exist.
# It expects the "create scripts" to be located in a subfolder "Tables".
function CreateTable
{
    [string]$table = $args[0]
    [string]$file = "{0}\Tables\{1}.sql" -f $PSScriptRoot, $table
    Echo("create table {0}" -f $table) 
    Invoke-Sqlcmd -ServerInstance "(localdb)\v11.0" -Database "MyDatabase" -InputFile $file
}

# Drop a table if it exists.
function DropTable
{
    [string]$table = $args[0]
    [string]$query = "if object_id('{0}') is not null begin drop table {0} end" -f $table
    Echo("drop table {0}" -f $table) 
    Invoke-Sqlcmd -ServerInstance "(localdb)\v11.0" -Database "MyDatabase" -Query $query
}

function DropTables
{
    $reverseTable = $tables.Clone()
    [array]::Reverse($reverseTable)
    foreach ($table in $reverseTable) {
       DropTable $table
    }    
}

function CreateTables {
    foreach ($table in $tables) {
       CreateTable $table
    }
}

DropTables
CreateTables

Will drop all tables in $tables if they exist and then will create all tables in $tables if they do not exist.