The Freak Parade

Here is are some extensions to SQL Server Management studio that look like they might be pretty useful. For some reason the “Run one script on multiple databases” feature catches my eye…

Get the software here: SSMS Tools Pack

From the website:

SSMS Tools PACK is an Add-In (Add-On) for Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio and Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express.
It contains a few upgrades to the IDE that I thought were missing from the Management Studio:

• Uppercase/Lowercase keywords.
• Run one script on multiple databases.
• Copy execution plan bitmaps to clipboard.
• Search Results in Grid Mode and Execution Plans.
• Generate Insert statements for a single table, the whole database or current resultsets in grids.
• Query Execution History (Soft Source Control).
• Text document Regions and Debug sections.
• Running custom scripts from Object explorer’s Context menu.
• CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) stored procedure generation.
• New query template.

Here is an article on using WPF for LOB’s. I don’t imagine we’ll write any significant, new desktop software in Windows Forms, so this blog post will serve as a place to collect WPF resources as they appear over time.

Public Sector Developer Weblog : WPF for Line of Business applications

Using WPF in a WinForms app – perhaps a nice way to cut the teeth

BabySmash – an interesting project from Scott Hanselman – a “community” refactoring of a (rather clever) end to end WPF app