January 2008 release of SQL Server 2005 Best Practices Analyzer
Microsoft has released a new version of the SQL Server 2005 Best Practices Analyzer tool. The tool is from a Database Administrator’s (DBA) perspective and not from an architect nor developer’s perspective.
Check it out here:
A Free Diff and Merge Utility
Sourcegear is offering DiffMerge for free! Kudo’s for also making it cross-platform.
The product offers diff, merge, and folder diff.
Free File Manager
I’ve been using FreeCommander for a while now. It’s a nice file manager that is lightwieght and fast. It also supports two windows side-by-side and multiple tabs in each window. Pretty cool.
I highly recommend it.
Free Database Compare
I recently came across an interesting looking program by StarInix called Free Database Compare 2.0. The great thing is that is support Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL.
Great utility to determine process for file/folder in use locks
I recently had an issue that I couldn’t rename a folder because it was in use. I completely forgot that I had a SQL Server 2005 Express DB file in one of the subfolders.
Anyway, Unlocker is a great utility to help determine what is locking the file/folder and even kill the process if necessary.
20 Essential Web Utilities
DotNetGuts has a pretty good article listing 20 essential web utilties that should be used by web developers and web designers.
http://dotnetguts.blogspot.com/2007/03/20-essential-web-utilities.html
