Robert Sheldon is a technical consultant and author of material about Windows, relational database management systems, and business intelligence design and implementation. His latest book is Beginning MySQL (Wiley). Find out more at www.rhsheldon.com. Email address: contact@rhsheldon.com Web site: http://www.rhsheldon.com
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Save Your PowerShell Code in Profile and Script Files
PowerShell statements that you enter during a session apply only to that session. However, if you put your code into profile files or script files, you can use that code repeatedly from within the PowerShell console without having to re-enter it.
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Working with PowerShell's Data Types
Typically, PowerShell automatically assigns and converts data to its correct data type. Understanding how PowerShell handles data types will help you know when you need to take control and explicitly assign them.
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December 16, 2008
Accessing SQL Server Data from PowerShell, Part 2
Because PowerShell is integrated with the.NET framework, you can leverage the .NET object model within PowerShell scripts and build ADO.NET objects that retrieve SQL Server data; learn how to use ADO.NET to insert, update, and delete SQL Server data.
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Test for Numerous Conditions with PowerShell's switch Statement
PowerShell's switch statement lets you test for many conditions and perform different actions when those conditions are met, making it ideal for such tasks as retrieving event log entries and performing specific actions based on the type of entry.
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Data Manipulation with ADO
ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) let you access, filter, sort, and retrieve data from Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Access databases using VBScript and other scripting languages. Here are some of the most common uses of ADO for databases.
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PowerShell 101, Lesson 5
Use built-in variables and Windows environment variables in your PowerShell code. And if they don't offer what you need, you can create your own variables.
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