When I (along with many other people) had a lot of trouble trying to install SQL Server Management Studio in an attempt to switch from the SQL Server 2008 R2 evaluation to the free Express version, I ...
There are lots of ways to create MSSQL databases via PowerShell. We could invoke a T-SQL query using the CREATE DATABASE term, we could write some code to use the [Create() method with SMO] or, if ...
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In a previous article, I talked about getting started with managing SQL server using PowerShell and the Server Management Objects (SMO). While that was mostly spent making the connection and doing ...
Throughout this series of posts there have been a number of examples of how to use the SQL Server PowerShell provider. However, these were always in context with a specific task (i.e. automating ...
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 ...
Promising that developers can "save weeks of development effort," Microsoft today answered their request for database project support in Visual Studio to target Azure SQL Data Warehouse projects.