• Quickly See a Table’s Columns in SSMS

    When looking at long queries you’ll typically need to remember what data is in one of the tables.  SSMS allows the creation of shortcut keys that can be used to quickly look at the first row in a table.  You’ll then be able to see the column names and some example data. In SQL Server…

  • Open a CMD Window From Anywhere!

    Open a CMD Window From Anywhere!

    In Windows 7, hold down shift and right click a folder to see some additional menu items.  You’ll notice a few extra options like “Open command window here” and “Copy as path”. Open command window here Often when browsing folders in Windows Explorer you will want to open a command shell, using the directory being…

  • Remove Windows Authentication Prompts in Firefox

    If you have intranet sites using Windows Auth that are not fully qualified domain names (fqdn) (like http://companyintranet/) you probably noticed that Firefox constantly prompts your users to enter their windows authentication credentials.  You can easily get Firefox to work like IE by allowing automatic logins. Go to “about:config” Filter the keys down to “network.automatic”…

  • dirkwatkins.net

    I just bought dirkwatkins.net. Finally. So, if you go there, you will just come here. Very fancy indeed.

  • Easy Properties in Visual Studio

    In a Visual Studio 2012 class file, type “prop” and then press tab twice.  There are a few options, but at least check out “prop” and “propfull”.  This will create a template getter/setter property for you!  When you modify the datatype and the variable names, they’ll update in both.  Try it! Properties are especially useful in…

Dirk Watkins