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PowerShell for Copy Database

March 25, 2013 13 comments

This is PowerShell tutorial script to understand how to copy existing database with PowerShell and SMO. We will be using Transfer Class from SMO. If you wish to just generate the copy script then there is an option to just script out the transfer using the ScriptTransfer method. When we are ready to bring the data and schema over, we can use the TransferData method. Read more…

SQL Sever – PowerShell for Executing a SQL Query on Multiple Servers

March 14, 2013 13 comments

This is 50th Article on Bi-BigData.com and we are getting great response from the community. This article will be covering how to use PowerShell and SMO to connect multiple SQL Server instances and execute a pre defined SQL command against all of them. This is applicable when we have same database available on multiple SQL Server Instances where you want to execute same SQL query. We are going to use the Invoke-Sqlcmd cmdlet to achieve our mission. Read more…

PowerShell tutorial Part 1- Poweshell for Creating View

March 10, 2013 5 comments

Powershell Tutorial Part 1 – Powershell for Creating View

This article I’ll explain how to create SQL Server View using PowerShell and SMO. This PowerShell Script is compatible with PowerShell V3.0.

I’ll be using Production.ProductCategory, Production.ProductSubCategory and Production.Product tables to create view. Following t-SQL script is equivalent script which we will write in PowerShell later. Read more…

PowerShell for Execute SQL Query

March 10, 2013 5 comments

Invoke-Sqlcmd cmdlet which is all-purpose SQL utility cmdlet being used in PowerShell. As the name suggests, Invoke-Sqlcmd cmdlet allows you to run T-SQL code or scripts and commands supported by the SQLCMD utility. It also allows you to run XQuery code. In this article, we will be looking at two ways of using Invoke-Sqlcmd. Read more…

PowerShell for Droping Database

March 5, 2013 9 comments

This article will help you to understand how we can drop existing SQL Server Database with the help of SMO and PowerShell V3.0. If you do not have you sample data base created then follow the steps to create your database with PowerShell V3.0. Read more…

PowerShell for Altering Database Properties

March 5, 2013 29 comments

This article will help to understand how to alter databases properties using PowerShell V3.0 and SMO. In previous article we seen PowerShell for Creating a Database. Basically we can alter database options from Automatic, Containment, Cursor, File Stream, Miscellaneous, Recovery, Service Broker and State Categories. Read more…