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adminsoftrl
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 Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 10:17 am Post subject: SQL Tab Magic for SQL 2012?? |
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Hi All,
Is there any news on if/when a new version of SQL Tab Magic will be available to run in SQL Management Studio 2012?
I didn't realise how much I relied on it until I switch to SQL 2012 
Many thanks. |
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andy.campbell.smith
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I'm afraid we don't have a due date for Tab Magic in SSMS 2012 yet, but if you want to log a feature request for it on our SQL Prompt Uservoice forum ( http://redgate.uservoice.com/forums/94413-sql-prompt-feature-suggestions/ ), we'd really appreciate it - we use Uservoice to judge user demand for features, so we can be sure we're doing useful work on the tools. Sorry I can't be more help right now!
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PDinCA
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Perhaps, Andy, Red Gate might consider this more of a priority due to Microsoft's abysmal decision to rid SSMS of the MDI mode.
As a user of SS2012 SSMS for months now, I absolutely loathe, hate and abhor the fact I only have 2 tabs viewable at one time and hunting the tabs with no status bar is a pain!
I'd start using Tab Magic immediately to ease the pain of a bum working environment!
And I have no votes left on Uservoice! Bummer, too...
UPDATE:
Stole 3 votes from another good suggestion just to get this on the scoreboard. |
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adminsoft
Joined: 02 Aug 2012
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| Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 9:20 am Post subject: Re: |
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| andy.campbell.smith wrote: |
| I'm afraid we don't have a due date for Tab Magic in SSMS 2012 yet, but if you want to log a feature request for it on our SQL Prompt Uservoice forum ( http://redgate.uservoice.com/forums/94413-sql-prompt-feature-suggestions/ ), we'd really appreciate it - we use Uservoice to judge user demand for features, so we can be sure we're doing useful work on the tools. Sorry I can't be more help right now! |
But Andy, if it was a 'new' feature you released recently for beta in SQL2008 may I ask why it won't work in SQL2012? |
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andy.campbell.smith
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SQL Tab Magic was originally developed as a standalone project as an experiment. When it turned out to be popular with users, we rolled it into SQL Prompt. It was originally developed for SSMS 2008 R2, before SSMS 2012 was available to the public - with the release of SQL 2012, we've got a lot of work to update all our tools to support SSMS, and since Tab Magic was always an experimental feature it's taken a bit of a back seat.
That said, the more user demand I can show to the dev team, the more likely it is to see the light of day soon, so it's good to hear from you about this. I'll let you know as soon as there's an update.
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adminsoft
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| Thanks Andy, hope it gets to see the light of day in SQL2012, you don't know how much this feature is missed |
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PDinCA
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adminsoft
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Believe me, I already have!  |
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kondrich
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+3 from my side. Not having Tab Magic available in SSMS 2012 is very annoying. As annoying as basic-only synonym support (names only, no structure of base objects).
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Matt_B
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 3:35 am Post subject: Any update on this |
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Is there any update on this?
It would be great to get an ETA, even if it's only rough.
For me, I rely on Tab Magic too much, so I'm back to SSMS 2008 except when I need to work on a 2012 server.
Cheers,
Matt |
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adminsoft
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| I second that, any update or ETA on this please? |
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PDinCA
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| Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 8:26 pm Post subject: Re: Any update on this |
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| ...so I'm back to SSMS 2008 except when I need to work on a 2012 server. |
Hi Matt,
I'm intrigued by your phrase quoted above. I have three SQL2012 boxes, 2 on "my" domain and another hosted at Rackspace on their domain, and I do everything I've needed so far with the exception of the Integration Services Catalog maintenance from a SQL2008R2 SSMS. Just wondering what it is that necessitates you jumping onto the 2012 box itself so I can be prepared for that rather than emit a long grrrrr. Cheers! |
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