Querying Oracle from Powershell Part 1
In this two part blog post we will demonstrate how to query an Oracle database from Powershell. Before we can...
2010-03-01
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Chad Miller
Suncoast Technology Forum Tech Fest Event 2010
I presented a 30 minute session at Suncoast Technology Forum Tech Fest on Windows Scripting Automation with Powershell: "This session will...
2010-02-26
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The T-SQL Hammer
The over-reliance on a familiar tool is best described with the quote, “if all you have is hammer, everything looks...
2010-02-16
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Providing Online Help for Powershell Modules
As a finishing touch for the SQL Server Powershell Extensions 2.0 Release I wanted to provide an online version of...
2010-02-02
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The Powershell V1 to V2 Conversion
This post is about my experience converting the CodePlex project, SQL Server Powershell Extensions (SQLPSX) Powershell V1 function libraries into PowerShell V2 Advanced...
2010-02-01
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The Black Art of PowerShell V2 Version Numbers
Last week while helping someone in the SQLPSX forums having an issue importing modules I suspected they had a CTP...
2010-01-28
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SQL Saturday #32
I presented a one hour session at SQL Saturday #32 in Tampa on Powershell ETL: "In this sesssion we will look...
2010-01-23
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Hello SMO (F#) World!
Reading The F# Survival Guide has motivated me to write my version of an F# "Hello World!" utility. What I mean...
2010-01-13
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Finding Invalid SQL Logins
As many of you know the system stored procedure sp_validatelogins is used for finding invalid logins. Although sp_validatelogins is useful there's...
2010-01-12
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PowerShell V2 Remoting
To use remoting you'll need to install Powershell V2, unless you're running Windows 2008 R2 or Windows 7, you'll need...
2009-12-02
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #192: What career risks have you taken?
By James Serra
I’m honored to be hosting T-SQL Tuesday — edition #192. For those who may...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 3: LLM Models – Open Source vs Closed Source
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 2 , we learned introduction on Generative AI and Agentic AI,...
How to Parameterize Fabric Linked Services in Azure Data Factory for Azure Devops Deployment
Quite the title, so let me set the stage first. You have an Azure...
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A Quick Restore
While doing some testing of an application, I wanted to reset my environment after doing some testing with this code:
USE DNRTest BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO /* Bunch of stuff tested here */RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens if this runs, assuming the "bunch of stuff" isn't anything affecting the instance. See possible answers