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	Podcast:		voiceofthedba's podcast
	Episode:		The Importance of Thick Clients
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		00:04:10
	Publish Date:		2023-09-17 23:00:00
	Description:		I've used a number of clients with SQL Server across the last 30 years. I worked early on with the command line and isql (now SQLCMD and soon Go-SQLCMD). That was handy with DOS and Windows 3.1. However, I soon moved to GUI tools and spent years in ISQL/W, which was how I ran Query Analyzer. Enterprise Manager was the next evolution, though I used Rapid SQL for awhile to get offline query work while on a plane. This was handy for me in documenting and commenting code without a server. Amazing to think I used to work without a SQL instance on my laptop. SSMS (Management Studio) has become the de facto way I've written queries for over a decade. Microsoft has tried to push people to Azure Data Studio (ADS), but I don't see a lot of people moving to it. It's fast, but also, not attractive, at least not to me. Read the rest of The Importance of Thick Clients
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