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X002548
Not Just a Number

15586 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-07 : 11:34:36

FINALLY!

Desktop support has FINNALLY rolled out sp/2 for XP...

I just finished loading 2k5!!!

I soooo excited

Brett

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X002548
Not Just a Number

15586 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-07 : 13:08:28

Whoa...talk about changing gears...I'll start posting questions i nthe othe forum, but what the equivilant of QA these days?

Brett

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eyechart
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

3575 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-07 : 13:11:45

quote:
Originally posted by X002548

Whoa...talk about changing gears...I'll start posting questions i nthe othe forum, but what the equivilant of QA these days?

whoa - have you been living in a cave for the last 6 months or what?

sql server management studio replaces EM and QA.

-ec

X002548
Not Just a Number

15586 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-07 : 13:47:44

quote:
Originally posted by eyechart

quote:
Originally posted by X002548

Whoa...talk about changing gears...I'll start posting questions i nthe othe forum, but what the equivilant of QA these days?

whoa - have you been living in a cave for the last 6 months or what?

sql server management studio replaces EM and QA.

-ec

Yes...kinda hard to install when desktop services can't rollout the xp s/p 2

So if SSMS replaces both, where is the place you would write code?

Brett

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robvolk
Most Valuable Yak

15732 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-07 : 14:30:52

SSMS. You can still use QA for SQL 2005 servers, but EM won't connect to them.

mcrowley
Aged Yak Warrior

771 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-07 : 16:03:52

The Object Explorer feature of Query Analyzer will not work well with SQL 2005, but regular queries are just fine.

rockmoose
SQL Natt Alfen

3279 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-07 : 16:11:02

quote:
Originally posted by mcrowley

The Object Explorer feature of Query Analyzer will not work well with SQL 2005, but regular queries are just fine.

And scripting is broke to my experience.
But for just firing up something quickly to write queries QA gets the job done.

spirit1
Cybernetic Yak Master

11752 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-07 : 16:23:10

i stopped using QA alltogether.

i just have SMSS open at all times.
once you get used to it it's preety cool.

and i just love client statistics thingie.

Go with the flow & have fun! Else fight the flow

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rockmoose
SQL Natt Alfen

3279 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-07 : 16:29:53

Maybe we old timers, just have a longer change process

eyechart
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

3575 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-07 : 16:42:13

bail QA. Get used to SSMS for writing your code. I actually prefer it now - especially since I got a new laptop that is about 5x faster than my last. If you don't have a decently fast system, you will hate SSMS because it is basically a pig.

-ec

X002548
Not Just a Number

15586 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-08 : 07:55:52

yeah...I hear ya all...move forward...just that 1st day jitters

Got to tell ya, not very intuitive and very busy

But I'm getting used to it

And Attaching a database couldn't have been easier when I added AdventWorks to my "server"

Still, I'm pretty psyched

How come I can't find BOL though...I downloaded the July version, and it installed, but the menu item says it needs to install it

Bizarre

Brett

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Kristen
Test

22859 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-08 : 10:16:48

You Blogging all this "Day in the life of an old timer switching to 2K5" ??

eyechart
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

3575 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-08 : 11:36:09

quote:
Originally posted by X002548

How come I can't find BOL though...I downloaded the July version, and it installed, but the menu item says it needs to install it

F1 still works for me, and that is all I've ever used to fire up BOL.

-ec

spirit1
Cybernetic Yak Master

11752 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-08 : 12:02:25

but BOL is slooooooooow to load up.
I run BOL and run google type in the google what i'm searching for find it and then BOL opens up.

S L O W ! ! ! ! !

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rockmoose
SQL Natt Alfen

3279 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-08 : 12:11:04

There is a slowness issue

X002548
Not Just a Number

15586 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-08 : 12:57:27