Using SQL Code Guard TFS Checkin Policy with VS2013
To use TFS Checking policy the first thing that you must do - is to add policy to your TFS source...
2015-05-11 (first published: 2015-05-02)
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SQL Code Guard v2.8 released
Main change - SCG moved back to .Net framework 3.0 to restore support of SSMS 2008/2008R2
Few small fixes, additional logging, nothing...
2015-05-04
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24HOP Russian Edition
Spoke at 24HOP Russian edition.
Interesting experience.
It is difficult to determine mood of audience if there is no visible audience  🙂
And...
2015-03-18
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SQL Code Guard v2.7 and SQL Server 2008R2: bad news and good news
Hi all!
Bad news: SQL Code Guard v2.7 is not working with SSMS from SQL Server 2008R2 (and below).
Good news: I...
2015-03-04
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SQL Code Guard v2.7 released
Hola!
SqlCodeGuard v2.7 is just released.
To be brief - major changes:1. Added command line utility
2. Added scgallow(issue)/scgignore(issue`)to control which issues should be...
2015-02-17
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ExpressProfiler - new build published
Just published new signed build of ExpressProfiler - few nice improvements like advanced search, stay on top window, transparency - just to make...
2015-02-09
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How to fix: Visual Studio 2012 startup problem: The 'HDIProjectPackage' package did not load correctly.
After installing Community Edition of VS2013 with some additional packages i've noticed that my VS2012 starts failing to start with...
2014-11-15
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SQLSaturday 311, Sofia, October 11
Making last changes before sqlsat 311.
By the way, did you ever visited SQL Saturday? No? Why?
SQL Saturday is fun, SQL Saturday...
2014-10-05
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To be brief. What to do when PATH variable is too long to be real PATH.
Sometimes after installing pretty useful addins when starting SSMS you can see error message like "Exception has been thrown by...
2014-09-15
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SQL Code Guard v2.6 released
Today we released new version of SQL Code Guard, 2.6
Main changes:1. Bug fixing2. Small GUI and usability improvements3. Fixed support...
2014-08-22 (first published: 2014-08-18)
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