PowerShell is a powerful scripting language that can automate a wide range of tasks, including database operations. In this post, we’ll demonstrate how to create a DataTable in PowerShell, populate it with random data, and then save that data into a table in SQL Server using SqlBulkCopy. We will first look at what is required for this task and then we’ll script it out.
Category: SQL Developer
Optimizing SQL Server Performance with SQL Plan Guides
In SQL Server performance tuning, the inability to directly modify query text—often due to restrictions in application code or the use of legacy SQL Server versions that lack modern features like Query Store—poses a significant challenge. However, SQL Plan Guides offer a powerful alternative, providing a means to influence query execution plans and optimize performance without altering the queries themselves. This post delves into the concept of SQL Plan Guides, illustrating their utility and guiding through their creation and application.
Leveraging C# within PowerShell for Advanced ETL Operations in SQL Server
The ability to efficiently perform Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) operations is essential for database administrators and developers, particularly those working with data warehouses and others with large data transformation. While PowerShell is a powerful tool in its own right for database management, embedding C# within PowerShell scripts can significantly enhance your ETL processes. This blog post will guide you through a practical example of using C# code within a PowerShell script to perform ETL operations on SQL Server tables. We’ll start with extracting data from a SQL Server, followed by transforming it using C#, and finally, loading it back into a different table.