Git Cracking
Git can be an interesting learning curve if you are coming from TFS (Team Foundation Server). However, there are some great things about using Git if you can...
cool-tools
Capturing Perfmon Counters With Telegraf
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InfluxDB and Annotations
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Dataedo - First Look
Diagraming and Documentation
ANTS Performance Profiler for the SQL Server Dev
There are a few .NET tools that until recently I haven’t had the chance to work with as much, specifically ANTS Memory Profiler and ANTS Performance Profiler...
Update SSMS With PS1
Installing and Updating SSMS with a simple PowerShell script can be a nice little timesaver…
External Tool VSCODE called from SQL Management Studio
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ManicTime - Timetracking Automation Done Right
Tracking time is always a beast. With the amount of context switching many developers do, it can be tough to remember how much time went to each project. Wit...
Data Compare on Temporal Tables
I hadn’t seen much talk on doing data comparisons on temporal tables, as they are a new feature. I went through the exercise to compare current to historical...
An Internet With Less Ads - Adguard
Ads…I know they employ people, make the world go round, gave us google…. but seriously I hate almost all ads.
Diff All Files - Reviewing Changesets Quickly
Diff all files
DAW Dive 02 - BFD3 - Drumming for the Rest of Us
Creating tracks at home can be very intensive in time, so I’m always looking for a better way to bring a larger sound to a track with less effort. One of the...
Migrating Database Collation - The Red Gate Way
I had some cross database comparisons that I wanted to simplify, but ensuring the collation matched. The amount of objects that I would have had to drop and ...
Syncovery & Arq - Syncing & Backup
Syncovery & Arq 5I’ve tried a lot of file sync/backup utilities.
Powershell ISE: Updating Theme
For all the dark theme aficionados, or those who just want a better theme than the default, here’s a quick set of directions to update your ISE.1. Go to down...
DAW Dive 1 - Getting Started - Studio One 3
I’m a geek, software nerd, and a musician. As I’ve been stagnating lately in my musical progression I decided to dive into trying to produce some recordings ...
Ableton Live & Lemur Setup (From a Windows User)
Had a chance to look at this program thanks to the generosity of the developer. They had a promotion that ended prematurely and they sent me a license as a g...
Remote Desktop Workflow Improvements
Remote server management is a fact of life for folks involved with sql server. Since we work so often with remote machines I looked into a few tools that pro...
SSMS - Connection Color with SQL Prompt & SSMSBoost
If you haven’t explored the visual color coding of tabs based on pattern matches with SQL Prompt, I’d suggest you check this out. Earlier iterations of Red G...
Install ReadyRoll via Command Line
command line install options
Regex With SQL Server - SQLSharp
In the context of my developer machine, I had log files I wanted to parse through. I setup a log library to output the results on a test server to a sql tabl...
Glasswire: (Giveaway Included) Networking Monitoring even a caveman could use
Giveaway details at the bottom for those interestedDealing with development & sql servers, I like to know what type of network traffic is happening on my...
SQL Compare 12: Initial Look
I know there have been a few other folks going into more detail on SQL Compare 12 (beta), but I thought I’d share just a few looks at the new design. Looks p...
SSMS Tools Pack - A Handy Tool for generating CRUD
So I’ve had this tool around for a while, but never found much usage out of it to be honest. I didn’t end up writing a review as I had other tools that did t...
OmniCompare: A free tool to compare SQL Instances
comparing instances
Continual Deployment of Visual Studio SqlProj
Unveil the inner workings of the esoteric build system…
Red Gate Dependency Tracker - Making Databases Into Moving Art
data structures are art
Automating SSMS 2016 Updates & Install
simplify your ssms install
Cool Tools: Powershell ISE-Steroids
Disclaimer: I have been provided with a free license because I am reviewing. This doesn’t impact my assessment of the tool. I have a passion for finding tool...
Documenting Your Database with Diagrams
Don’t get too excited. I know you love documentation, and just can’t wait to spend some time digging in to document your database thoroughly. I imagine you p...
Split personality text editing in SSMS with Sublime Text 3
My preview post showed a demonstration of the multi-cursor editing power of Sublime Text 3 when speeding up your coding with SQL server.There is a pretty str...
Red Gate SQL Source Control v4 offers schema locks
Red Gate Documentation Update
Dev Tools: FARR2 Launching groups of files or apps at once
There are probably a common number of apps you pull up when you pull up your system. For example, I pull up my Trello board, outlook, XYplorer, Sublime text ...
Dev Tools: XYplorer (review #1) - Catalog
currently on version 14.60 I’m a big fan of finding tools that help automate and streamline things that should are routine actions.Surprisingly, I’ve found i...
SSMS 2012 Extender for the times you want some organization to the random pile of objects gathering in the dusty confines of that database
When dealing with large amounts of objects in a database, navigation can be tedious with SSMS object explorer. This extender organizes the objects into group...
On how to Googlify your SQL statements for future searching
For sake of future generations, let’s begin to reduce typing and reuse code we’ve built. I think we can all agree that TSQL statements are often repeated.
Native SSMS a second class citizen no longer…
Intellisense can be a boon to adding quick development. Quick hints on scope specific variables, syntax suggestions, function descriptions and more provide a...