[p]Sorry, I was getting a bit too poetic. I meant the actual physical computer equipment (silicon...

I have a huge pile of DAT tapes if anyone wants them. I was going to have them cremated with me when I finally blue-screen.

OK. If we are doing confessional stuff here, I'd have to admit I still use Access as an occasional way of getting a large range of Excel spreadsheet values...

Nowadays, the tool I use most is probably SQL Refactor, followed closely by SQL Data Generator and SQL Doc.

Of non-Redgate tools, I love Editpad Pro, AceText, RegexBuddy and HelpScribble,...

For some reason, i find this incredibly funny. It must be all those hours spent trying to slap hot standbys into life.

Sure. The message is that developers can really...

The XML Documentation facility built into all the .NET languages..." - I wish! VB.NET supports intellisense so the hovering images of what something does will be supported if you are...

Yes. Of course you do. Sorry to be so definite about this, but I've lost count of the times that I've found that measure of skill in various .NET languages...

There is something rather relaxing about doing this on a Sunday afternoon. Actually, early morning on Sunday is the best time unless it is a church website. On a few...

I've been poring through books of ballads trying to find the source of the quotation 'we'll go no more a tibbling, though Witsuntide is nigh'. I must admit that it...

For quickly finding database object according to their category, use, or object type, you might find the extended properties invaluable, especially if you use the sys.extended_properties catalog view. You could...

Yes, I generalize a bit to make a point. The other problem with a technically-savvy management is that they can get it wrong, but when the company organization discourages...

OK, but even if one accepts that constraints or index need some sort of indication of their type from their name, why not just put, for example, CustomerUniqueIndex...

[p]Please feel free to disagree. Tibbling has somehow become a practice in data naming with SQL Server...

I'm not sure that the rate of technological change is enormously different now. I've been doing IT now for around thirty years: Recently I've been reading several biographies of great...