Powershell

How to read data from Oracle Database via PowerShell without using ODBC or installing Oracle Client (and import it to SQL Server too)

If you read my previous article on how to configure a Linked server to Oracle , you know that I feel like someone is plotting to keep the topic of how to get our precious data outside of the Oracle ecosystem as obscure as possible out of the oracle circle Fear not!

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How to update a SQL Server container on Docker for Windows (spoiler - there is a catch)

With the 1st CU for SQL 2019 released just yesterday, and Microsoft updating the docker image right away, the only natural response for me was to update the docker instance that I showed you how to deploy a few months back.

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Quickly move data between instances for testing using only PowerShell

Quick tip, how many times did a dev ask you to move the PROD/QA data to DEV to test a feature?

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Load data directly in SQL Server from a xlsx file, without OLEDB or Excel, using Powershell

I don’t know you, but people from other BU are old fashioned guys that do everything by hand, and then send you an Excel file to “put this data in the database” or “find info related to this codes”.

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