Good God, that looks so much easier than screwing around with the system.Data classes. Most of my databases are built with SQL Express. I have the free copy of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS ...

To query any SQL database from PowerShell, you need to have the SQLPS module installed along with a few supporting packages. I am going to be focusing on the SQL Server 2012 packages in this article.

SQL Advisor. Query SQL Server with PowerShell. Get the right information on your SQL Servers via the Get-Service cmdlet. By Joshua Jones; 03/10/2011; Last time, I discussed how to get PowerShell and ...

Under the Hood of the SQL Server PowerShell Provider. The nodes know. Use SQLPS.exe and a few cmdlets to find out what the nodes know. By Joshua Jones; 01/11/2010 ...

So, I want to write a PS script to do what I thought was something fairly simple: Foreach Thing in Things { Read about Thing from a table in a database Do some stuff with the info you read Write ...

PowerShell vs. SQL Server Management Studio 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 ...

PowerShell gives DBAs a reason to begin using SMO for real, so now we'll find out about all the gory details. ... 10 more do’s and don’ts for faster SQL queries. Sep 17, 2014 14 mins. how-to.