Programming-related:

SQL Prompt (I like the Pro edition for the formatting)

Resharper (by JetBrains)

UltraEdit

AutoHotKey

BareTailPro

Excel

TortoiseSVN

This link (sorry, Andrew...had to take the shot).

General usage:

Total Commander (first install on any new machine of mine)

Nelson eMail...

Oh, I should add to my previous post that my father was completely the opposite...very much a DIYer. Degrees in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, worked in the field for...

Unlike most (not all), I'm *not* a DIY'er! I am much more of the mindset to pay an expert to do what he/she knows (has trained or practiced for)....

Jeff, just so you know, I gave you a 5 because I didn't give you a 1, 2, 3, or 4, and 5 is the maximum. I just want...

Thanks for letting us know! This looks pretty good!

BTW, in 2005's SQL Server Management Studio, when you do a SELECT, and copy from the grid, the headers now go with it to the clipboard!

YEA!

do you know of anyway to associate the "Script Object to Clipboard as..." to a hotkey in Tools/Customize keyboard settings?

Can you post the script you use? I'd love to use it, too!

Can you give us the URL for this $15 solution?

Yea, I did the same blasted thing. Now I've got pie on my face.

Thanks alot, Steve!!!!

Actually, I think the answer is correct. There's a difference between duplicative columns and redundant data. If column A has multiple fields (e.g., non-atomic), it'll break 1NF. ...

Ok, according to BOL:

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Unicode Data

Traditional non-Unicode data types in Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2000 allow the use of characters that are defined by a particular character set. A character set is...

I agree with milzs.  I may just stop doing the QOD.

A few changes should be in order:

1.  When the QOD's official answer is found to be wrong, it should be...

Does anyone have an SP that will do this for any table, with any structure?  Something that would take a table name and build a statement based on the metadata...

I, too, have used UE for years, but only as a notepad replacement.  How do you :

1. Set up UE to pass in SQL queries & display results? 
2. Get it to...