PowerShell Week at SQL University – Post 5
In the previous posts we’ve just been poking around with PowerShell and trying to make the examples something that actually...
2011-01-20
1,191 reads
SQLvariant
PowerShell Week at SQL University – Post 5
In the previous posts we’ve just been poking around with PowerShell and trying to make the examples something that actually means something to a SQL person whenever we ca. ...
2011-01-20
5 reads
PowerShell Week at SQL University – Post 4
Recap
So far we’ve walked though how to turn on PowerShell and add modules, adding SQL Server 2008 snapins and using...
2011-01-18
1,366 reads
PowerShell Week at SQL University – Post 4
Recap So far we’ve walked though how to turn on PowerShell and add modules, adding SQL Server 2008 snapins and using PowerShell variables, what cmdlets and functions are, what...
2011-01-18
21 reads
PowerShell Week at SQL University – Post 3
Providers
What are Providers? Providers in PowerShell are a hierarchical namespace way flattening out an infrastructure to make it accessible and...
2010-05-20
805 reads
PowerShell Week at SQL University – Post 3: Providers, PSDrive
Providers
What are Providers? Providers in PowerShell are a hierarchical namespace way flattening out an infrastructure to make it accessible and...
2010-05-20
1,273 reads
PowerShell Week at SQL University – Post 3: Providers, PSDrive
Providers What are Providers? Providers in PowerShell are a hierarchical namespace way flattening out an infrastructure to make it accessible and traverse-able just like a directory structure hard drive....
2010-05-20
16 reads
PowerShell Week at SQL University – Post 2
Cmdlets, Functions and Snapins
So far we’ve learned how to open up PowerShell and add on to it with some modules;...
2010-05-19
1,066 reads
PowerShell Week at SQL University – Post 1
Getting Started With PowerShell Variables
Yesterday we laid the ground work for PowerShell Week. Today we will learn about Variables in PowerShell. You will...
2010-05-18
994 reads
PowerShell Week at SQL University – Post 0
Welcome to PowerShell Week at SQL University. For regulars at SQLvariant, SQL University is something Jorge Segarra organized to get...
2010-05-17
1,056 reads
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UNISTR Basics
What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
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