Last year, I was looking into multi-threading in PowerShell and, with the help of Dr. Tobias Weltner, Boe Prox and Martin Pugh ultimately decided on runspaces.
Then, I presented at psconf.eu about using runspaces to speed up SQL Server/CSV imports. Runspaces took me from about 90,000 rows per second to 230,000 rows per …
Read MoreAfter finding that it suited my requirements, I finally decided on a solid VPN - F-Secure Freedome - as recommended by a friend in security. Then I needed to share my connection with my Roku, but Freedome is an application that has to be run on a phone or computer and routers aren't supported.
Once I confirmed that …
Read MoreHey yall! I invited one of the most active dbatools developers, Cláudio Silva, to do a guest post about his motivation for joining the team and why he built this particular command. So without further ado... here's Cláudio :D
Hi everyone my name is Cláudio Silva, I'm a MS SQL Server DBA, and have worked with SQL …
Read More- Have you seen the SQL Server Tools team's post about the PowerShell module for SQL Server? There are TWENTY FIVE new cmdlets! TWENTY FIVE! That's a 53% increase over the previous 46 cmdlets. It looks like the SQL Server community is well on its way to becoming proper citizens in the PowerShell world, and we'll reach …
Read More - I am still so floored by the additions and enhancements made to the module formerly known as SQLPS, now known as SqlServer. Not only do the new additions bring the total number of cmdlets from 46 to 71, but they align what we voted for on the Trello board. That's a 54% increase in the number of cmdlets! We'll be up to …
Read More - My first homelab ever was started as a single Packard Bell 486 which ran SuSE Linux 5.2. I used it with my @Home connection to host web, DNS and mail services. Over time, I'd move leftover computers to a data center and covered most of my colo fees with the proceeds from Google Adsense, which I added to my website …
Read More I always forget how to do this, and Aleksandar Nikolić posted a really beautiful answer on Powershell.com
For a file:
1-split (Get-Content .\test.txt | Out-String) | 2Where-Object { $_ -eq "test" } | Measure-Object | 3Select-Object -exp countFor a string:
1$html.content -split …
Read MoreEarlier this week, I was trying to determine people's feelings about Microsoft Connect by looking through Twitter. A few scrolls down, and I came upon this
@Ms_Alaina My problem is I sometimes stumble upon a Connect item I filed in 2008, and have no idea when it was closed as fixed.
— Aaron Bertrand (@AaronBertrand) …
Read MoreThe other week, I was introduced to Trello for the first time by this tweet and I fell in love.
In case you missed it, here’s my Trello of upcoming “How Stack Overflow does X” blog posts, please vote or suggest! https://t.co/6E8JRb4RSu
— Nick Craver (@Nick_Craver) February 1, 2016
Basically, Nick uses Trello to gauge …
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