SQL Server Powershell Extensions PowerGUI PowerPack
If you've been working with Powershell, you most certainly have heard of PowerGUI, for those of you who haven't PowerGUI is...
2009-07-24
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Chad Miller
Orlando PASS User Group Presentation
I presented a one-hour session for Orlando PASS User Group on Powershell and SQL Server. I had previously given this talk...
2009-07-12
623 reads
Powershell Charting with MS Chart Controls
Richard MacDonald's demonstrates using Microsoft Chart Controls with Powershell in his post, Charting with Powershell. The chart controls are free and work with...
2009-07-09
3,468 reads
Powershell SQL Server Backup/Restore
I posted a script on Poshcode for doing backups and restores of SQL Server databases using SMO. The script is...
2009-07-01
2,145 reads
SQLPSX Release 1.6
I completed Release 1.6 of SQLPSX which adds support for SQL Authentication and addresses several issues. SQLPSX consists of 106 functions,...
2009-06-28
1,611 reads
Powershell + SMO Error Handling Tips
Allen White posted a helpful post on SMO error handling with Powershell. Actually the same concept equally applies to SMO...
2009-06-25
1,668 reads
Adventures in Powershell SSIS Administration Programming
In January 2009, I released version 1.4 of SQL Server Powershell Extensions which included a Library of functions for working with...
2009-06-19
1,523 reads
Creating Red Gate SQL Compare Snapshots with Powershell
Co-worker and fellow DBA,, John O'Shea developed a Powershell script to create Red Gate SQL Compare snapshot files. Check out...
2009-06-17
1,062 reads
Give Me a Coconut and Six Months
Tim Benninghof tagged me with the question. "So You’re On A Deserted Island With WiFi and you’re still on the...
2009-06-13
449 reads
Backup Monitoring and Reporting
Ensuring that you can recover your server is critical. Chad Miller shows us how to accomplish daily backup monitoring and reporting.
2009-06-04
16,150 reads
Blogs
Using Prompt AI for a Travel Data Analysis
By Steve Jones
I was looking back at my year and decided to see if SQL Prompt...
FinOps for Kubernetes: Leveraging OpenCost, KubeGreen, and Kubecost for Cost Efficiency
In the era of cloud-native applications, Kubernetes has become the default standard platform for...
2025 Wrapped for Steve
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
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The Last Binary Value of the Year
What does this code return?
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