Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Awesome!  Red Gate has released SQL Prompt, and it's FREE!  Get Intellisense for Query Analyzer, Enterprise Manager, SQL Management Studio, and Visual Studio 2003/2005.  It even supports UltraEdit and EditPlus.

SQL Prompt can also automatically upper-case SQL keywords, and provides a code snippet engine.

Tuesday, May 23, 2006 7:09:58 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [3]  | 
 Sunday, May 14, 2006
Matt Hawley has been working around the clock, it seems, and has publicly released v2.0 of his free ASP.NET server controls.  Controls included:

CalendarPopup a great calendar tool to allow users to choose a date
CollapsablePanel a panel that can be collapsed on the client
FaqRepeater databound FAQ-style listing control
ListTransfer (re-order listbox or move items from one listbox to another)
MaskedTextBox add a masked textbox to your forms
MultiTextDropDownList drop-down list with multiple columns
MultiTextListBox listbox with multiple columns
NumericBox add a textbox that only accepts numerical input
TimePicker add time selections to a form

I believe that each of these controls are cross-browser compatible.  Download the release candidate and check them out!

Sunday, May 14, 2006 1:52:11 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  | 
 Friday, May 05, 2006
I'm not a Mac user, but I have to admit these commercials are hilarious.

Friday, May 05, 2006 7:30:51 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [3]  | 
 Thursday, May 04, 2006
Go download the Consolas font.  I've been using it for the past couple of days, and it is beautiful ;)  I'm now using it in all my editors, including TextPad and SQL Server Management Studio.

As Scott Hanselman says, make sure you have ClearType enabled and get the ClearType Tuner PowerToy.

Thursday, May 04, 2006 11:59:20 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [1]  | 
I absolutely love Red Gate's SQL tools, and can't say enough good things about them.  I just found out from Steven Smith that Red Gate have purchased Prompt SQL (intellisense for SQL), and there's a beta to be downloaded that supports SQL 2005 Management Studio!  According to the beta support forums, the plan is to sell SQL Prompt for $50/user with multi-user discounts at 5- and 10-user levels.

By the way, Red Gate's Profiler and Load tools are incredible, too.

Thursday, May 04, 2006 11:46:40 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  | 
 Tuesday, May 02, 2006
ArgoSoft have just announced a free e-mail validation Web service, based on their years of experience with their Mail Server product.  Plug it into your ASP.NET app for real-time e-mail address verfication!

I've used ArgoSoft's Mail Server for years and have found it to be a great product at an unbeatable price.  ArgoSoft support has always been top-notch, as well.  Highly recommended.

Tuesday, May 02, 2006 3:31:06 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  |