database-tools

If you are using code that can only run in a 32-bit environment (i.e. using old database drivers or COM objects), here is a solution that will...

When working remotely in a peer-to-peer or cross-domain scenario, you will have to add all the computers you'd like to communicate with into the...

It isn't always easy to pick the right process because the process ID or process name may not be known or ambiguous. If the process has a window...

In the previous tip, you used a hash table to translate input values. However, unlike Switch-statements, Hash Tables have no "default" so...

Did you notice that Dir, ls or Get-ChildItem do not return hidden files? To see hidden files, you need to specify the -force parameter: Dir...

Sometimes, you may have an existing VBScript that already does just what you want. You can easily incorporate any VBScript into PowerShell because...

In a previous tip, you learned how to call PowerShell statements and read their return value. Return values are somewhat limited because they can...

Sometimes, you may want to hide the code of your PowerShell script in order to protect passwords contained within the code. One way to safely...

WMI is an excellent way of remotely checking files or folders since it has the ability to access individual files and folders, and also works...

To convert the ASCII value to a character, use type casting like this: [char]65 To do the opposite and convert a character to its ascii value, use...

To make sure user input is a valid URL, you can use the System.URI type. Try to convert the raw string into this type. If it works, the string is a...

In PowerShell, you can initialize multiple variables in just one line. The following line sets all variables to the value 1: $a = $b = $c = $d = 1...

Hash Tables are convenient but are not true objects. This is bad because you are unable to output the hash content to formatting cmdlets or export...