Tag Archives: Documentation

Capturing Extended Properties on Drop Table

Posted on March 6, 2021 by thomasrushton

TL;DR – Nope. Extended Properties Custom extended properties can be a useful tool when creating a self-documenting database. However, in an environment where tables are routinely dropped and recreated by software/systems not within your control, it may be desirable to … Continue reading →

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Literary Documentation

Posted on April 27, 2016 by thomasrushton

A conversation with a friend on Facebook late last night led to a discussion on taking quotes from literature and rewriting them slightly so that they would fit into technical documentation.  Obviously, it being late at night some of these … Continue reading →

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Documentation with Red Gate’s SQL Doc

Posted on April 16, 2014 by thomasrushton

Ah, documentation – how do we hate thee? If you’re anything like me, you’re continually frustrated by the lack of adequate documentation about the databases you have to work with, but don’t have the time (or inclination) to write it … Continue reading →

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Excerpt from the Server documentation…

Posted on September 28, 2010 by thomasrushton

Apologies.  I’m rather busy this week, and I’ve been a bit lax in writing new stuff for the blog…  Must make time to do some more writing. So, here’s a quickie from some server documentation: Wednesday:  Dropped AdventureWorksDW database from … Continue reading →

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