June 2025 Discount: Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check | Testimonials

Home

SQL SERVER – 2008 – Change Color of Status Bar of SSMS Query Editor

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
13 Comments

This is one very interesting issue which I have started to follow recently. Just like any other organization my company has many servers. Some are production and some are development. It is very much necessary that query which are written for developer environment does not run for production environment accidentally.

In SQL Server 2008 there is special feature which can change the color of the task bar. This will alert developer to run query on server.

Let us see quick tutorial with images which explains how the color of the status bar in SQL Server management studio can be changed.

SQL SERVER - 2008 - Change Color of Status Bar of SSMS Query Editor color1

SQL SERVER - 2008 - Change Color of Status Bar of SSMS Query Editor color2

SQL SERVER - 2008 - Change Color of Status Bar of SSMS Query Editor color3

SQL SERVER - 2008 - Change Color of Status Bar of SSMS Query Editor color4

SQL SERVER - 2008 - Change Color of Status Bar of SSMS Query Editor color5

Another example of different color status bar.

SQL SERVER - 2008 - Change Color of Status Bar of SSMS Query Editor color6

Reference : Pinal Dave (https://blog.sqlauthority.com)

Best Practices, SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Server Security, SQL Utility
Previous Post
SQL SERVER – Time Delay While Running T-SQL Query – WAITFOR Introduction
Next Post
SQL SERVER – sqlcmd vs osql – Basic Comparison

Related Posts

Leave a Reply

Pinal Dave is an SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert and independent consultant with over 22 years of hands-on experience. He holds a Masters of Science degree and numerous database certifications.

Pinal has authored 14 SQL Server database books and 92 Pluralsight courses. To freely share his knowledge and help others build their expertise, Pinal has also written more than 5,800 database tech articles on his blog at https://blog.sqlauthority.com.

Pinal is an experienced and dedicated professional with a deep commitment to flawless customer service. If you need help with any SQL Server Performance Tuning Issues, please feel free to reach out at pinal@sqlauthority.com.

Pinal is also a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer (CF-L1) and CrossFit Level 2 Trainer (CF-L2).

Nupur Dave is a social media enthusiast and an independent consultant. She primarily focuses on the database domain, helping clients build short and long-term multi-channel campaigns to drive leads for their sales pipeline.

Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check

Is your SQL Server running slow and you want to speed it up without sharing server credentials? In my Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, we can work together remotely and resolve your biggest performance troublemakers in less than 4 hours.

Once you learn my business secrets, you will fix the majority of problems in the future.

SQL Server Performance Tuning Practical Workshop

Have you ever opened any PowerPoint deck when you face SQL Server Performance Tuning emergencies? SQL Server Performance Tuning Practical Workshop is my MOST popular training with no PowerPoint presentations and 100% practical demonstrations.

Essentially I share my business secrets to optimize SQL Server performance.