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PowerShell ETS (Extended Type System)

In a recent post , I showed how to get a list of Scheduled Tasks as objects using PowerShell and Import-CSV. In that, I included the following line of code:

$task.PSObject.TypeNames.Insert(0,”DBA_ScheduledTask”)

In this post, I’ll try to explain why I did that.

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PowerShell Tools and Books That I Use

Tools I Use (note…these are all free!): PowerGUI Script Editor (I haven’t ever gotten the hang of PowerGUI itself) Powershell Community Extensions 1.2  (PSCX) PowerTab SQL PowerShell Extensions 1.61 (SQLPSX) PrimalForms Community Edition Books: PowerShell In Action by Bruce Payette Professional Windows PowerShell Programming: Snapins, Cmdlets, Hosts and Providers by  Arul Kumaravel et. al. Mastering [...]

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Why PowerShell?

Why am I writing a blog about PowerShell? The answer is simple. I haven’t been as excited about a technology since I first learned SQL. PowerShell allows me to do my job in a much more consistent, flexible, and scalable way.

What is it about PowerShell that has me so fascinated?

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