Delete files older than n days using Powershell script

 Here is a code to delete files older than N days where N refers number of days. In the code snippet below we are deleting files older than seven days.

$LastWrite = (Get-Date).AddDays(-7) 

 

Get-ChildItem "C:\temp" -Recurse | Where {$_.LastWriteTime -le $LastWrite} | foreach ($_) { Remove-Item $_.fullname}

How to schedule and automate backups of SQL Server databases in SQL Server Express

Anyone using SQL Server Express editions would have noticed that there is no way to schedule either jobs or maintenance plans because the SQL Server Agent is by default not included in these editions.

But what if those using Express editions would like to schedule and automate backups. Is there a way?

Yes, please read this article by Microsoft

Show Database ID in SQL Server

 The query below can retrieve database id by supplying the database name

-- Show database id using system view

 SELECT database_id FROM sys.databases

 WHERE name = '<db_name>';




-- Show database id using function

SELECT DB_ID('<db_name>');