The databases world is expanding and I have been fortunate enough to learn and share my experiences around databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL apart from working with SQL Server. I always try to expand my horizon and try various database products. In case you don’t know, I have course on Pluralsight about PostgreSQL
In this world of change, the SQL Server product is also changing. One thing which is very clear is that Microsoft is listening to feedbacks from customers and enhancing the setup experience also. Some of the classic feedback implementation can be seen in the setup of the next version of SQL Server 2016. In this blog post, I will try to bring out some of the enhancements that are being incorporated in the Setup UI. Some are critical and worth making a note. Let us learn about SQL Server 2016 Setup Wizard.
Recently SQL Complete add-in was updated, which I use when writing SQL queries in SSMS. In the product history I saw that a several features were added, such as code refactoring or automatic semicolon insertion. However, in this post I do not want to talk about them. I have noticed a new logic for metadata queries, which significantly accelerated my work with database objects. So I decided to look inside SQL Complete… to understand how it works and what changed…. Let us learn about Advantages of Intellisense Features.