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Hey, Scripting Guy! Awhile back you showed us how we could use Windows PowerShell to retrieve data from a Microsoft Access database. I’m now trying to add data to a database using PowerShell, but I can’t get the script to work. Any chance you could show me how to add a record to a database using Windows PowerShell?-- AB Hey, AB. Before we start ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! We have an Access database that we use to keep track of resources that are associated with all of our projects. Periodically I need to go into the database and delete all the records tied to a particular project. Is there any way that I can do that using a script?-- WK Hey, WK. Having been gone for nearly three weeks, the Scr...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I find all the files in a directory tree that contain a specified phrase?-- PB Hey, PB. OK, so picture this: for the first time in a couple of months, the Scripting Guy who writes this column and the Scripting Son are playing basketball. The Scripting Son has a comfortable lead, but the Scripting Guy who writes this ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! In a previous column you showed us how to list all the tables in an Access database. How can I list all the fields in those tables, along with the data type of each field?-- MF Hey, MF. As you may or may not know, there’s a Microsoft researcher named Gordon Bell who has devoted his professional efforts to “lifelogging,” an a...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I add the letter s to the end of a specified field for each record in an Access database?-- A Hey, A. It’s day 2 of TechEd 2007 and the Scripting Guys are still sitting here in the CMP Media booth (that’s booth No. 1301 for those of you attending TechEd); they’re busy handing out copies of Dr. Scripto’s Fun Book, hol...