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SQL Toolkit introduction

In my last post I talked about writing an example application using the Red Gate SQL Toolkit but it occurred to me that I ought to mention a bit more about what SQL Toolkit is and what it can be used for. What is SQL Toolkit? SQL Toolkit is an software development kit (SDK) from Red Gate Software (my...

Posted to Dave Mellors (Weblog) by Dave Mellors on 06-05-2008
Red Gate SQL Toolkit: SQL Deployment example

We are getting a lot of customers interested in using SQL Toolkit for deploying database updates to remote customer sites. Using SQL Toolkit you can distribute a single executable to your customers and use the Toolkit to do a schema comparison and then automatically update the customers database with...

Posted to Dave Mellors (Weblog) by Dave Mellors on 06-04-2008
Joel Spolsky and his Martian headsets

In a recent blog post Joel writes about the start of the mother of all flamewars with Microsofts IE8 team write in the middle of it. It's a great article that goes into some of the difficulties faced by standards and software. Unsure where the Martian headsets fit in? Then, I recommend you go read his...

Posted to Dave Mellors (Weblog) by Dave Mellors on 04-01-2008
Change Microsoft Office 2007 product key

I recently installed Office 2007 on my laptop with the wrong product key and found instructions on Microsofts knowledge base for resetting the key but they didn't work. After 15 minutes of faffing around it eventually occurred to me that the registry setting for accomplishing this might be in a different...

Posted to Dave Mellors (Weblog) by Dave Mellors on 04-30-2007
Profiling managed .Net framework plugins

One of the applications I support is called ANTS Profiler which provides performance and memory profiling for managed code. A few times recently I have had customers ask about profiling plugins and although I knew it was possible I wasn't entirely sure how easy it was or what was involved. So, I asked...

Posted to Dave Mellors (Weblog) by Dave Mellors on 03-27-2007
The IT Technical Support essential software list

Whenever I move to a new PC these items of software tend to move with me. Take a look at the list and let me know if there are any others I should have in my software toolbox. The IT Technical Support essential software list

Posted to Dave Mellors (Weblog) by Dave Mellors on 03-25-2007
Microsoft Fiddler Powertoy - HTTP debugger

For HTTP debugging I've used a number of tools and I'm surprised how often I come across web developers who don't use one. The idea is simple, all browser http requests pass through a proxy that records the requests and responses so that they can be reviewed. When debugging web applications...

Posted to Dave Mellors (Weblog) by Dave Mellors on 11-02-2006
Telerik r.a.d.controls for ASP.NET

I've been using Telerik r.a.d.controls for ASP.NET for a couple of years now and I have got to say that the controls are great, the support is fantastic and they listen to suggestions and are willing to integrate them into their products. The r.a.d.editor is by far the best editor I've used with...

Posted to Dave Mellors (Weblog) by Dave Mellors on 11-01-2006

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