SQLBits 2020

A Python primer for DBAs, how to talk to a SQL Server

Tinkered with Powershell but not with Python yet? Let's get you started, and we'll do that with some practical examples focussed around talking to SQL Server and importing and exporting some data.

Tinkered with Powershell but not with Python yet? Let's get you started, and we'll do that with some practical examples focussed around talking to SQL Server and importing and exporting some data. Did you know that exporting data into csv from Python can be done with just a few lines of code and it processes it just as fast as SSIS does? We've only got 20 minutes, but that's still more than enough to get you started.