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There is a subtle difference. Mark Russinovich went with SysInternals to Microsoft with the intention of continuing development on the suite. In my opinion, this is why the quality of SysInternals is still as high as it is. While Lutz Roeder works for Microsoft, he's moved on to other projects.
SysInternals is a very good analogy though. SysInternals is an indispensable tool for the TechNet crowd while Reflector is indispensable for the MSDN crowd. I would imagine that if SysInternals became commercial, it would have taken a major popularity hit. Judging by what I've been reading here & elsewhere, I think it's safe to assume that Red Gate will be looking at the same situation with Reflector.
I think Red Gate has an outstanding reputation of improving the MS toolset. The quality of their products is second to none. Working on SQL Server without the SQL Toolbelt suite is like getting root canal without novicaine, but I think their pricing puts their tools out of reach for hobbyists and small development shops. Unfortunately, I think the announcement is going to do them more harm than good in the long run.
-Scott / comments
There is a subtle difference. Mark Russinovich went with SysInternals to Microsoft with the intention of continuing development on the suite. In my opinion, this is why the quality of SysInternals...
sergiopereira wrote:
Right now I'm hoping MS wakes up to the importance of Reflector in .NET and realizes they have a severe gap in the SDK without Reflector. I hope they either acquire this software and include in the SDK or create something similar.
If you think this capability would be more affordable under MS, please keep in mind that IntelliTrace, one of the cooler features of VS2010, is only available in the $11,899 Ultimate SKU. That's more than double the premium price, and almost 15x the professional price. I definitely don't see them buying Reflector and giving it away for free in the SDK.
-Scott / comments
sergiopereira wrote:
Right now I'm hoping MS wakes up to the importance of Reflector in .NET and realizes they have a severe gap in the SDK without Reflector. I hope they either acquire this sof...
alex.weatherall wrote:
I think that it's important that all Red-Gate's products should refer to Schema and Object Name in the object lists.
I definitely agree. I'm in the painstaking process of refactoring a huge database and the fact that an object belongs to the dbo schema tells me that I haven't refactored that SP yet.
Scott / comments
alex.weatherall wrote:
I think that it's important that all Red-Gate's products should refer to Schema and Object Name in the object lists.
I definitely agree. I'm in the painstaking process o...
I have a similar/the same problem and a somewhat annoying workaround.
I created a new SQL Server 2005 Database project. I use 'Import Database Objects and Settings' to populate the project from a live DB and I edit a stored procedure.
SQL Prompt (and Visual Studio) don't associate this file with the original database. It's just a flat file. So all of the auto completion from SQL Prompt is pretty much empty.
The workaround is to click 'SQL Prompt' --> 'Connect to Server' and open the saved connection that points to the live database. I have to do this every time I open any SQL file in the project.
Of course, this will only work until the changes you've made in the project cause the live database to be too far out of sync. Since I'm mostly dealing with stored procedure changes (as opposed to schema changes), this is still a pretty useful workaround. / comments
I have a similar/the same problem and a somewhat annoying workaround.
I created a new SQL Server 2005 Database project. I use 'Import Database Objects and Settings' to populate the project from a ...