Tag Archives: powershell

Parsing SQL Saturday Data – Looping Through And Loading All XML Files

Posted on February 18, 2015 by way0utwest

After my last post on parsing the XML, I decided to continue forward and get ready to put the data in a database. For that, I’m really looking for this data: event ID session title With this, I can easily … Continue reading →

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Parsing SQL Saturday Data – Getting the Titles

Posted on February 2, 2015 by way0utwest

I wrote about downloading the SQL Saturday data with Powershell, and that has worked well. However, I also need to parse this data. You can look at a sample XML file from the site with this link, and examine the … Continue reading →

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Downloading SQL Saturday data

Posted on January 26, 2015 by way0utwest

I wanted to find out how many SQL Saturday’s I’d spoken at and how I ranked with others. I got a spreadsheet from Kendal Van Dyke at one point, but it was quickly out of date. However Kendal mentioned that … Continue reading →

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Selling Automation to Ops

Posted on January 12, 2015 by way0utwest

The DevOps movement isn’t new in some companies. It’s the same coordination and teamwork that has existed for a long time between the development and operations staffs. Developers take advantage of the skills in Operations to get standardized environments for their work, … Continue reading →

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