Category: sqlserverpedia-syndication

Connect the Nots

Today I learned that you can’t adjust the font size in SQL Server Management Studio’s Object Explorer pane. Nor registered servers, nor properties. This has been noted, and closed as “Maybe someday we’ll get to it, maybe”. This rather sucks, as the trend seems to be making more and more things zoomable and adjustable and all that. […]

“Thing IS NOT NULL” isn’t the same as “Thing != NULL”

I’ve talked about NULLs before. (Ref: Here’s a bit on ISNULL(), and here’s one about understanding NULL at a basic level.)  And yet, it’s worthwhile to bring these things up from time to time. “[Thing] != NULL” is nonsense. It won’t work the way you want it to work, because NULL literally means “unknown”. Nothing in the […]

Fun-fun-fun in the London sun (and Cardiff, and Exeter!)

We’re in London right now for SQLBits, which has been ABSOLUTELY LOVELY so far. If you happen to’ve seen our precon or one of our sessions, please submit feedback! If you’re anywhere near Cardiff, Wales on Monday 9th, or Exeter, England on Tuesday 10th, then you should hit the user group meeting, as we’ll be speaking […]