Less and Less Visual

Phil Factor ponders the preponderance of text in current database tools, and asks what happened to our glorious graphical future?

Connection Colors

Keyboard key to Toggle between query and results pane

Getting the grid back

The Results Tab

SSMS Results

Why I Developed SQL Code Guard: A Fairy Tale from a DBA

This is the story of how a free addin for SSMS, SQL Code Guard, was created and joined the Red Gate SSMS Ecosystem project.

SQL Enlight for SQL Server Management Studio

The process of doing SQL code-reviews used to be tedious and error-prone. Until SQL Enlight, it was a process that was difficult to automate for release and deployment. As it is now both a Command-line utility and an SSMS add-in, the database developer can see immediately the parts of the code that would raise eyebrows with the vigilant production DBA.

Introducing the Red Gate SSMS Ecosystem

The Red Gate SSMS Ecosystem is a framework that makes it easy to develop, share and manage SSMS add-ins. We aim to help add-in developers build everything from homegrown solutions and community-driven projects to commercial solutions provided by partner companies. We hope that DBAs and database developers will benefit from better integrated tools.

Setting Different Colors for Connections in SSMS

Learn how to set colors for different connections in SSMS.