Comments on: Using Templates With SQL Server Management Studio

By: ThomasLaRock

ThomasLaRock — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 13:56:00 +0000

In reply to Mohit Gupta. Yes, and I think the templates are there to help those folks that perhaps use SSMS as their dev tool.

By: Mohit Gupta

Mohit Gupta — Sun, 15 Nov 2015 17:03:00 +0000

In reply to ThomasLaRock. In my experience it is the latter. Most DBA I interact with do not want to troubleshoot code, as they are most operational DBAs or they are supporting 3rd party applications. Where they don't have much say on code.

By: ThomasLaRock

ThomasLaRock — Sun, 15 Nov 2015 16:10:00 +0000

In reply to Mohit Gupta. Yeah, I'm not certain why it would be the case more users aren't taking advantage of the templates. If I had to guess, I would say it is because most of the time we aren't writing code from scratch. We are either being asked to troubleshoot existing code, or we are finding pieces of code online and doing a cut/paste.

By: Mohit Gupta

Mohit Gupta — Sat, 14 Nov 2015 19:28:00 +0000

This is great functionality indeed, I think its lack of use is, somewhat based on people’s obsession with using GUI for everything. Every time I am teaching a workshop, I make it a point to show this, and the new snippets functionality in SQL 2012. Everyone loves it, but I don’t really think most even remember or use it when they back to their office.

By: ThomasLaRock

ThomasLaRock — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 22:12:00 +0000

In reply to Tim Ford. Yeah, somehow I think I knew about them, forgot about them, found them again, forgot them again, and then FELL MADLY IN LOVE WITH THEM.

By: Tim Ford

Tim Ford — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 21:47:00 +0000

I’ve apparently done a lousy job of evangelizing templates. Love em even if Aaron Bertrand teases me for talking about them so much!

By: ThomasLaRock

ThomasLaRock — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 13:57:00 +0000

In reply to ??. Welcome!