Chocolatey is a package manager that helps you install, upgrade, and uninstall packages (applications) on Windows quickly and easily from the command line.
Spoilers:
choco install sqltoolbeltchoco upgrade sqltoolbeltchoco uninstall sqltoolbelt
I created a cheat sheet for the Git Command Line Interface to go along with my Git tutorial for SQL Change Automation video.
I find the Git CLI to be very friendly and easier to learn than a GUI interface.
Fall is in swing, and it’s officially webinar season! Here’s a bunch of free events I’ve got on my calendar.
Steve Jones and I had a great time today talking about source control for databases and release patterns for performance and availability in Seattle. We had a group of folks who asked terrific questions, made thoughtful comments, and interacted throughout the day.
PASS Summit 2019 starts up next Monday with pre-conference sessions. I’ve got my schedule all set, and I’m going to be busy: I’m speaking in two full-day pre-conference sessions, giving two regular sessions, judging the ever-exciting Speaker Idol competition, and also spending time at the Redgate booth in the expo hall. I scored a little PASS-TV interview to talk about Redgate right before the keynote on the first day.
It’s been more than a year and a half since Robert Davis passed away. I wrote a bit about Robert’s passing last April.
I haven’t written about him since, but I think about Robert a lot.
It’s just ten days until PASS Summit 2019 begins in Seattle. The schedule is up and there are loads of good sessions. Here’s what I’m putting on my calendar to make sure that I don’t miss it: along with some sessions I wish I could attend that I’ll be sure to catch the videos of afterwards.
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