Monthly Archives: May 2015

Quick Installs with Chocolatey–Screen Capture

Posted on May 15, 2015 by way0utwest

I have been looking for a new screen capture tool. I used to use Snagit, but it felt too heavyweight and buggy for me. I just need to snag part of a screen for my job and blog. I used … Continue reading →

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Getting Database Properties – DatabasePropertyEx()

Posted on May 14, 2015 by way0utwest

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. I had someone ask me a question about security recently, and while working through the answer, I ran across … Continue reading →

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Documenting with Tests

Posted on May 14, 2015 by way0utwest

Documenting code isn’t a task that many people enjoy. Those of you that have been through a computer science curriculum probably added lots of verbose, and obvious, comments to code. It’s probably unlikely that you ever found much value in … Continue reading →

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Database Lifecycle Workshops

Posted on May 13, 2015 by way0utwest

Trying to implement version control, and Continuous Integration (CI), and automated releases of code is hard. The concept is simple, but all of the various processes, tools, and links that need to be connected can be hard. I’ve seen too … Continue reading →

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