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I am in the windows world and new to scripting. &nbsp;I am mainly a dba with some sys admin related duties.<br />
What would be the best scripting language to start using. &nbsp;I would like to be able to extract data from MSSQL<br />
and pull data from active directory. &nbsp;also automate tasks.<br />
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I would need to know.<br />
scripting language.<br />
software for a beginner if needed (free is a big plus)
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I am in the windows world and new to scripting.  I am mainly a dba with some sys admin related duties.
What would be the best scripting language to start using.  I would like to be able to extract data from MSSQL
and pull data from active directory.  also automate tasks.

I would need to know.
scripting language.
software for a beginner if needed (free is a big plus)

Scripting Language - Looking for recomendations

A scripting language is a programming language that supports scripts, programs written for a special run-time environment that automate the execution of tasks that could alternatively be executed one-by-one by a human operator. Scripting languages are often interpreted (rather than compiled). Primitives are usually the elementary tasks or API calls, and the language allows them to be combined into more complex programs. Environments that can be automated through scripting include software applications, web pages within a web browser, the shells of operating systems (OS), embedded systems, as well as numerous games. A scripting language can be viewed as a domain-specific language for a particular environment; in the case of scripting an application, this is also known as an extension language.