Comments on: Sometimes it’s the little things…

By: Rob Farley

Rob Farley — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:32:14 +0000

Hi Geoff – sorry to hear about your SSIS experience, but it’s good you have something you like in Pentaho.
Hi Randy (is that a legitimate abbreviation?) – Well yeah, I figured it probably was, but also thought there could be a significant crowd of "Yeah, that’d be nice, and not too hard either" feeling people. Thanks for your thought though. 🙂

By: Random DBA

Random DBA — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:30:03 +0000

You want it to parse selected text? Yeah, that is asking too much.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:56:32 +0000

It’s the little things that make all the difference. I’ve used Oracle a bit and I’ve used SQL Server more. The main difference in terms of why I like SQL Server is Management Studio. It’s just easy to use.
It even makes file system management relatively easy.
And this is my exact opposite experience with SSIS. I have abandoned using SSIS in favor of Pentaho.

By: Rob Farley

Rob Farley — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 01:14:43 +0000

No worries – that’s not a new thing, you realise…

By: Dylan

Dylan — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 01:08:50 +0000

A whole new world has just opened up to me! Thanks Rob!

By: Rob Farley

Rob Farley — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:08:43 +0000

Hi Dylan,
Yes! Hold down the Alt key.
Rob

By: Dylan

Dylan — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:48:29 +0000

Can you select multiple lines without selecting the entire line? I mean to say that I can't reproduce this image in management studio, I always end up selecting the --. http://sqlblog.com/blogs/rob_farley/image_54F2869A.png