Comments on: SSMS Server Settings http://sqlfool.com/2009/03/ssms-server-settings/ Self-Professed SQL Scripting Junkie! Fri, 04 May 2012 08:30:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: Michelle Ufford http://sqlfool.com/2009/03/ssms-server-settings/comment-page-1/#comment-1807 Michelle Ufford Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:58:02 +0000 http://sqlfool.com/?p=695#comment-1807 Plug away, Mladen! Your tool pack is awesome, definitely plug-worthy, so shameless advertising is encouraged. :) Plug away, Mladen! Your tool pack is awesome, definitely plug-worthy, so shameless advertising is encouraged. :)

]]> By: Mladen http://sqlfool.com/2009/03/ssms-server-settings/comment-page-1/#comment-1801 Mladen Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:31:42 +0000 http://sqlfool.com/?p=695#comment-1801 @jerry: try my pack. it's doens't have that problem :)) @michelle: see that's some more shamelss advertising :)) @jerry:

try my pack. it’s doens’t have that problem :) )

@michelle:
see that’s some more shamelss advertising :) )

]]> By: Jerry Foster http://sqlfool.com/2009/03/ssms-server-settings/comment-page-1/#comment-1780 Jerry Foster Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:06:26 +0000 http://sqlfool.com/?p=695#comment-1780 The coloring is cool, but only works by sessions triggered from Registered servers. In other words, if you use the New Query button, or if you use the Connect button on the Object Explorer, resultant windows will not have the corresponding colors. Another, more insidious, gotcha is if you Change Connection from an existing window. For instance, I have my development servers set to green, and my production servers set to red. If I change the connection to a production server in a window originally opened for a dev server, the color stays green. For this reason I have had to become disciplined to not use the Change Connection button/menu, and to only open new queries from Registered Servers (or from a server in the Object Explorer that was opened from a Registered Server). The coloring is cool, but only works by sessions triggered from Registered servers. In other words, if you use the New Query button, or if you use the Connect button on the Object Explorer, resultant windows will not have the corresponding colors.

Another, more insidious, gotcha is if you Change Connection from an existing window. For instance, I have my development servers set to green, and my production servers set to red. If I change the connection to a production server in a window originally opened for a dev server, the color stays green. For this reason I have had to become disciplined to not use the Change Connection button/menu, and to only open new queries from Registered Servers (or from a server in the Object Explorer that was opened from a Registered Server).

]]> By: Mladen http://sqlfool.com/2009/03/ssms-server-settings/comment-page-1/#comment-1773 Mladen Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:30:55 +0000 http://sqlfool.com/?p=695#comment-1773 i found by using it that sometimes this coloring gets a bit flakey and doesn't remember colors. here's some shameless free stuff advertising :) that's why i added this option to my free ssms add-in www.ssmstoolspack.com which adds this option even on ssms 2005. Hope it helps someone. i found by using it that sometimes this coloring gets a bit flakey and doesn’t remember colors.

here’s some shameless free stuff advertising :)
that’s why i added this option to my free ssms add-in http://www.ssmstoolspack.com
which adds this option even on ssms 2005.

Hope it helps someone.

]]> By: onpnt http://sqlfool.com/2009/03/ssms-server-settings/comment-page-1/#comment-1765 onpnt Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:30:56 +0000 http://sqlfool.com/?p=695#comment-1765 This is a really cool option. It was one of the reasons I went to SSMS 2008 over 2005 even with 90% 2005 instances in the environment. You can do this from the registered servers view also. Pretty much the same place. Just right click the registered server-->properties and select the connection properties like the object explorer window. This is a really cool option. It was one of the reasons I went to SSMS 2008 over 2005 even with 90% 2005 instances in the environment. You can do this from the registered servers view also. Pretty much the same place. Just right click the registered server–>properties and select the connection properties like the object explorer window.

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