Quick Tips – SQL Prompt Stop the Yelling

I love SQL Prompt, and think it’s a great productivity tool. Even before I worked at Red Gate, I love...

Attaching All Databases with PowerShell – The Overview

TL;DR Script is here: Git Hub Powershell Scripts. It’s the attachdbs.ps1 and will attach all databases in a folder to...

Quick Tips–SQL Prompt Formatting

I love SQL Prompt, and think it’s a great productivity tool. Even before I worked at Red Gate, I love...

The Development Backup

Backing up your development environment can be important. After all, aren't your developers producing products that you use?

FileTable– Using GetParent for Inserts

In a previous post, I looked at the ways in which I could insert files into a Filetable folder programmatically....

Patching Problems

Problems with SQL Server after applying the Windows 8.1 update have Steve Jones concerned about software updates.

Failure

This week Steve Jones has a poll to make you think based on Tim O'Reilly's look back at how he succeeded and failed with his company.

Getting the grid back

Powershell Tips–PSEdit

I got this from watching a session from Jeffrey Snover at TechEd. It was a neat trick, and it’s worked...

Why Don't We Have Better Practices?

It seems as though the quality of much software isn't very good. What is that? Couldn't we do better? Certainly some people write much better code. Why can't the rest of us imitate them?