Tag Archives: tools

Comparing Two Scripts with kdiff3

I had a customer recently ask if SQL Compare could show them the differences in two scripts they’ve written. They weren’t using version control (tsk, tsk, shame), but saw SQL Compare and the “Scripts folder” option. This isn’t used for … Continue reading

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Quick Filtering in SSMS–#SQLNewBlogger

I saw someone limit the databases they see in SSMS, which isn’t something I often do, but I thought this was great. A Long List This is the list of databases on a demo instance I have. While it’s a … Continue reading

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The Importance of Thick Clients

I’ve used a number of clients with SQL Server across the last 30 years. I worked early on with the command line and isql (now SQLCMD and soon Go-SQLCMD). That was handy with DOS and Windows 3.1. However, I soon … Continue reading

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Talking about the New Open-Source SQLCMD on Data Exposed

I was on the Data Exposed: MVP Edition show recently, talking about SQLCMD. I’ve written a few articles on the topics as well, and a blog post about setting up a node HTTP server, which I show in the demo. … Continue reading

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