Ars Technica

Powershell. SQL Query. How to determine if a query returns no results?

I’ve created a script that monitors a table in a SQL Server database. I’m only interested in one column in the table: TimeStamp. If the maximum (newest) value in TimeStamp is more than 30 minutes ...
Redmond Magazine

PowerShell Based SQL Server Backups Revisited, Part 1

A couple of months ago, I wrote an article on how to use PowerShell to back up a database within SQL Server Express Edition. Even though the technique that I described in that post works, the script ...
InfoWorld

When you should and shouldn’t use PowerShell in SQL Server

Use PowerShell to script objects on a schedule or in a special order. Use PowerShell if you need to switch between windows and SQL commands or even share data between the two. It’s much easier in ...
Ars Technica

Connect to Informix to execute SQL from shell

Does anyone know how, once terminal'd into a Unix box (I know very little about navigating Unix), I can execute a sql statement against the informix database installed on the system?<BR><BR>SQL Server ...
MCPmag

Using PowerShell To Parse and Understand Windows Server DHCP Logs

Have you ever scrolled through the Windows Server DHCP logs in the Notepad app while trying to troubleshoot something? Then you know that it's a tedious task. There are many alternatives to Notepad ...