July 2007 - Posts

• SQL Data Compare 6 Alpha due out next week

  Posted Thursday, July 26, 2007 9:52 AM | 0 Comments
  
  

  After over 3 months of hard graft we're getting ready to give you the chance to get your fingers on the Alpha of the next version of SQL Data Compare. We're currently just doing some final install testing and hope to release it next week.Bear in mind Read More by Richard Mitchell | 0 Comments | Comment on this post

• Beware ye of ancient columns

  Posted Thursday, July 12, 2007 9:55 AM | 13 Comments
  
  

  I'm sure you all make changes to your schema over time adding columns to tables and occassionally dropping them. But were you aware that even though you drop a column from a table the space in the row continues to be taken up by the ghost of the column Read More by Richard Mitchell | 13 Comments | Comment on this post

• How to tell you've created something truly special.

  Posted Monday, July 09, 2007 7:54 AM | 1 Comments
  
  

  In my history as a programmer there are a few occasions that stand out when I feel I've written something truly special (yes there's a Red Gate bit but that comes later). The difficulty I generally find is how to quantify special. Mainly I think of this Read More by Richard Mitchell | 1 Comments | Comment on this post