AutomatedLab - A Quickstart for Deploying SQL Server Labs on Windows
Learn how you can use AutomatedLab to quickly create new environments.
2023-08-04
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PowerShell
Database Sequence Objects with dbatools
This article delves into five new dbatools command that work with sequence objects.
2023-05-31
1,501 reads
A Brief Introduction to PowerShellAI, an Intelligent Command-line
Learn how you can interact with ChatGPT from PowerShell.
2023-09-06 (first published: 2023-04-24)
7,144 reads
Piping, Filtering and Using Flyway Output in PowerShell
Flyway's output is often overwhelmed with verbose messages, most of which we can ignore but some of which provide vital warnings about failed compilations, or useful details about what a migration or callback did. I'll show how to use some pipeline-aware PowerShell functions to filter out and save the bits we want and pass the results along in a form that is useful to the next process in the pipeline.
2023-03-29
ChatGPT and PowerShell – Some practical examples
See how well ChatGPT works with questions on generating PowerShell code.
2023-03-20
14,221 reads
Automate Power BI desktop data model with a PowerShell script
Learn how you can use PowerShell to update the Power BI data model.
2022-12-12
5,406 reads
2022-02-14
4,582 reads
Install SQL Server and Oracle using PowerShell and Windows Containers
In this article we look at how to install SQL Server and Oracle using PowerShell to create development environments using Windows Containers.
2022-01-28
Working with PowerShell strings
Knowing how to manipulate strings is critical in any language. In this article, Greg Moore explains working with PowerShell strings.
2021-12-20
Scripting with Flyway Teams and PowerShell
During the development cycle, the mechanics of reliable delivery must not be allowed to dominate the design work. With script callbacks in Flyway Teams, many of the development tasks required during a database migration can happen automatically, producing reports, build scripts, code reviews, or documentation.
2021-11-05
Blogs
SQL Server 2025 Generally Available
By Brian Kelley
This was announced last week at Microsoft Ignite and it's been covered by others...
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A Quick Look at Redgate Data Modeler
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Redgate acquired a data modeling tool from Vertabelo recently and I wanted to explore...
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The Ending Substring
In Azure SQL Database and SQL Server 2025, if I run this, what is returned?
SELECT '[' + SUBSTRING('Steve Jones', 7) + ']' See possible answers