Tag Archives: tools

VSCode Tips–Remove the Highlighted Line

Posted on August 23, 2019 by way0utwest

VSCode was making me crazy as I was writing a script. I like a light theme, and every time I went to type, I saw this: The highlight was distracting for me. I could see why people might like it, … Continue reading →

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Parameter Fun

Posted on March 4, 2019 by way0utwest

Recently I was editing a document about SQL Server on Linux and the author noted that if you type “sqlcmd” without any parameters, you get the list of possible parameters back. I tried that on my Windows laptop and immediately … Continue reading →

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Evolving Our Tools

Posted on December 22, 2018 by way0utwest

This week the next preview version of SSMS v18 was released. This is the sixth preview release, and I’m guessing that this will be one of the last. Six seems like a lot of releases, and I’d like to think that … Continue reading →

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Creating a Quick Dashboard Widget

Posted on November 8, 2018 by way0utwest

I read Carlos Robles blog on creating an Azure Data Studio (ADS) insight widget and decided to try this for myself. I decided to try and get a list of object types and a count of each. Following instructions, here’s … Continue reading →

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