Category Archives: PowerShell

Broaden your vision

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Richard

Where there is no vision, the people perish (Proverbs 29:18A, KJV) It’s old wisdom but still valid. When you have no direction you flounder and sometimes the people around you flounder, too. This is true in the tech world as … Continue reading →

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Importing Column Documentation from a CSV into a Sybase PowerDesigner Data Model

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Richard

(Update – I have a more efficient version of this script posted here) I’m a big fan of data modeling tools. I used to chafe against them as so often it was easier for me to think in code. But … Continue reading →

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Downloading the Results of a Twitter Search using PowerShell and SQL (part 3)

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Richard

Part one of this series is here and part two is here. You’ll need the SQL scripts from part two in order for the code below to work but you can skip part one unless you’re curious to see the … Continue reading →

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Downloading the Results of a Twitter Search using PowerShell and SQL (part 2)

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Richard

I’ve expanded a little on my Twitter project. (See part 1 here.) I adjusted the PowerShell script to page through the data going back as far as Twitter holds the data. There is still a lot to be done. Left … Continue reading →

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Downloading the results of a Twitter Search using PowerShell

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Richard

I’m trying to learn PowerShell because I need to automate some things. I was a little skeptical about all the hype surrounding PowerShell. What could it possibly do the Perl didn’t? But I knew it integrated really well with .NET … Continue reading →

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