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.

Variations on SQL are used by some of the most popular database tools in the world, including some of Oracle's database systems, MySQL, PostgreSQL and Microsoft's SQL Server.

I'm going to have to build an app in PHP which does this, but before I do that I'd like to connect to it with a client tool just to see how things are structured and such. I'm afraid I don't know ...

An open source project gives DBAs the ability to channel PowerShell for automating and scaling complex SQL Server tasks, starting with the most basic: database backups.

1. dbForge Studio for SQL Server: Use dbForge Studio if you work with Microsoft SQL Server. It has everything you need to design, modify, and troubleshoot databases so that even the most complicated ...

Fresh on the heels of SQL Server 2014 being released to manufacturing, the SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) team yesterday announced support for the new version, along with numerous other enhancements..

As part of Microsoft SQL Server, users have access to tools to help them implement business intelligence, the process of turning raw data into actionable information. Data warehouses may provide ...

Repeatedly, Redmond has tried to make the need to switch over to specialized tools, like SQL Server tools, obsolete. The success has been mixed at best, and yet Microsoft is trying again. When SQL ...