A Freeware offer for SQLServerCentral.com Members
Highwire Development is offering a free version of their RAAS product to SQLServerCentral.com members.
2007-08-31
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Product News, Releases, and Upgrades
SQLMesh Personal for Free
A new Java based application for searching SQL Server and Sybase databases is available for free from SQLMesh.
2007-08-16
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A Discount on SQL Populator
Software Development Innovations is offering SQLServerCentral.com members a 20% discount on their products with a coupon of "sqlservercentral" used in their cart.
2007-07-27
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A Discount on SQLMaestro
SQLMaestro has a new version and is offering a discount to SQLServerCentral.com members.
2007-03-22
2,038 reads
Small business tool makes SQL backup fast, simple and economical
Red Gate Software is releasing a low-cost version of its best-selling SQL Backup tool that makes data protection for small businesses fast and simple.
2006-10-09
2,174 reads
Free SQL Prompt 2.0 valuable, but flawed; V3.0 being built from scratch
Many of you were thrilled to see intellisense available for SQL Server editors, but there has been a bit of confusion about this product. An open letter from the CEO of Red-Gate Software clears things up.
2006-07-26
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Get RAAS WorkFlow Manager For Free
For a limited time Highwire Development is offering free site licenses for their RAAS Workflow Manager. This product can help you control your change processes and manage the workflow involved in deploying new scripts.
2006-07-24
2,740 reads
Transform your SQL scripts with SQL Prettifier
This article describes the "beta" version of Simple-Talk's SQL formatting tool, SQL Prettifier. It provides links both to try it out online and to download the full source code (members only). Please give us your feedback! We will be offering prizes for any fixes and improvements that make it into "v1". I'd like this to become the de-facto (excuse the pun) tool for presenting code in the Simple-Talk articles, blogs and forums.
2006-07-18
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2006-04-11
2,616 reads
Red Gate Photo Competition!
Most of the time, it's the simplest tools that have the biggest impact on our lives. If you have a camera and believe, like Leonardo DaVinci, that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication, then why not enter Red Gate's Ingeniously Simple Tools photo competition...
To enter is simple. All you need to do is send us a photo of your favorite, simple tool.
2006-03-30
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Restoring On Top II
I have a database, DNRTest, that has a number of tables and other objects in it. The other day, I was trying to mock up a test and ran this code on the same server:
-- run yesterday CREATE DATABASE DNRTest2 GO USE DNRTest2 GO CREATE TABLE NewTable (id INT) GOToday, I realize that I need a copy of DNRTest for another mockup, and I run this:
-- run today USE Master BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest2 FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens? See possible answers