Response to “SSDT limitations”
A commenter on my blog post Considerations when starting a new SSDT database project asked me to comment on his blog post SSDT Limitations. i wrote a response but when I tried to post it I got told it...
View ArticleLearn from me about SSDT in London, February 2015
Microsoft released SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) along with SQL Server 2012 in the Spring of 2012. Since then I’ve noticed an upward tick in both the number of organisations that are using SSDT and the...
View ArticleAn appeal for SSDT developers – Red Gate want to hear from you
I've been contacted by Filippa Vajda from Red Gate Software who wants me to pass on the following:I’m a UX Specialist at Red Gate, working on a plugin for Visual Studio.I need some help in finding some...
View ArticleCode Navigation (10 days of SSDT – Day 10)
SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) was released in Spring 2012 and I have been using it to build SQL Server databases nearly every day since then. In that time I’ve learnt a lot about how to make best use of...
View ArticleDeclarative, Model Driven Development (10 days of SSDT – day 9)
SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) was released in Spring 2012 and I have been using it to build SQL Server databases nearly every day since then. In that time I’ve learnt a lot about how to make best use of...
View ArticleQuerying a dacpac from Linqpad
I have been playing around with the DAC Framework over the past few days, namely the DacAPI which is a .Net API that one can use to programmatically traverse the contents of a dacpac.If one prefers one...
View ArticleConnected development (10 days of SSDT – Day 8)
SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) was released in Spring 2012 and I have been using it to build SQL Server databases nearly every day since then. In that time I’ve learnt a lot about how to make best use of...
View ArticleData Tools Operations Window (10 days of SSDT – Day 7)
SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) was released in Spring 2012 and I have been using it to build SQL Server databases nearly every day since then. In that time I’ve learnt a lot about how to make best use of...
View ArticleSQL Server Object Explorer (10 days of SSDT - Day 6)
SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) was released in Spring 2012 and I have been using it to build SQL Server databases nearly every day since then. In that time I’ve learnt a lot about how to make best use of...
View ArticleExtended property support in SSDT (10 days of SSDT – Day 5)
SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) was released in Spring 2012 and I have been using it to build SQL Server databases nearly every day since then. In that time I’ve learnt a lot about how to make best use of...
View ArticleTable designer (10 days of SSDT – Day 4)
SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) was released in Spring 2012 and I have been using it to build SQL Server databases nearly every day since then. In that time I’ve learnt a lot about how to make best use of...
View ArticleWhat is a project? (10 days of SSDT – Day 3)
SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) was released in Spring 2012 and I have been using it to build SQL Server databases nearly every day since then. In that time I’ve learnt a lot about how to make best use of...
View ArticleDay 2 – DAC Framework (10 days of SSDT)
SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) was released in Spring 2012 and I have been using it to build SQL Server databases nearly every day since then. In that time I’ve learnt a lot about how to make best use of...
View ArticleDay 1 – Online and offline (10 days of SSDT)
SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) was released in Spring 2012 and I have been using it to build SQL Server databases nearly every day since then. In that time I’ve learnt a lot about how to make best use of...
View ArticleKill all the project files!
Like many folks I’m a keen podcast listener and yesterday my commute was filled by listening to Scott Hunter being interviewed on .Net Rocks about the next version of ASP.Net. One thing Scott said...
View ArticleWant a headless build server for SSDT without installing Visual Studio?...
An issue that regularly seems to rear its head on my travels is that of headless build servers for SSDT. What does that mean exactly? Let me give you my interpretation of it.A SQL Server Data Tools...
View ArticleSSDT gets some small enhancements for SQL Server 2014
Release-to-manufacturing of SQL Server 2014 was announced today and with it comes some welcome news about some small enhancements to SSDT:The SSDT team has been heads down getting our SQL Server 2014...
View ArticleDacpac braindump - What is a dacpac?
In this week’s earlier blog post First release of my own personal T-SQL code library on Github I talked of how one could use a dacpac to distribute a bunch of code to different servers. Upon reading...
View ArticleSchema Compare or Publish [SSDT]
Yesterday on Twitter Ryan Desmond asked Is there a good read for #SSDT regarding deploying changes via schema compare vs solution deployment?I don’t know of any article that covers this so in this blog...
View ArticleDon’t learn SSDT, learn about your databases instead
Last Thursday I presented my session “Introduction to SSDT” at the SQL Supper event held at the offices of 7 Digital (loved the samosas, guys). I did my usual spiel, tour of the IDE, connected...
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