Archive for the 'dtsdoc' Category
Minor updates for dbdesc and dtsdoc
January 19th, 2009After some time with no visible new versions, today dbdesc and dtsdoc got both an upgrade. During this time I’ve been silently uploading new build versions to fix small bugs. Now it’s time to tag those fixes as new point releases and add a couple of features.
dbdesc 3.1
Even though dbdesc supports SQL Server 2008 since [...]
dtsdoc customer testimonial
May 21st, 2008From time to time some dbdesc/dtsdoc user sends me a brief note about how satisfied he is with my products. I really appreciate those comments as they push me forward. I often ask them for permission to quote them and put a testimonial in the website.
A few days ago I’ve received a great email from [...]
dtsdoc 1.2.3 maintenance release
April 17th, 2008I’ve just released a maintenance version of dtsdoc.
Now the DTS call tree image automatically increases its width so package names don’t wrap. It makes the image easier to read.
This version also adds a new version of the HTML_Images XSL template which presents the packages ordered alphabetically and fixes a small error in the templates.
Feel [...]
dbdesc and dtsdoc review at ASP Alliance
December 6th, 2007Richard Dudley has published a full review of my database documentation tool, dbdesc, and the SQL Server DTS documenter, dtsdoc. Here is the article abstract:
“I am a fan of simple tools which work well and save me a lot of time. Two of my “new best friends” are Logica2’s sister programs dtsdoc, which documents SQL [...]
ExecutionEngineException nightmare
March 28th, 2007Last week, a potential customer of dtsdoc reported a new error. It was an ExecutionEngineException. Let me tell you that this is one of the worse exceptions you can get from a .NET application.
To begin with, this exception cannot be catched, which means you don’t get a nice call stack or any other useful info [...]
dbdesc 1.6 & dtsdoc 1.2 available
July 5th, 2006A new version of both dbdesc (1.6) and dtsdoc (1.2) is now available. These upgrades are (as usual) free for registered customers.
These are the main features added to dbdesc 1.6:
Create statements for tables
List of “dependent tables” which have foreign keys referring to the table
View’s fields documented
Triggers on views documented
INSTEAD OF triggers
Stored procedure parameters documented
Index properties [...]
dtsdoc 1.1 released
May 17th, 2006I’ve just uploaded the first revision of dtsdoc. This new version fills some gaps on the documentation and enhances the usability of the tool.
As a quick summary of the new features added to this version, dtsdoc now documents the workflow scripts, step precedence constraints and extracts basic properties from OlapProcess and Prediction tasks. I’ve added [...]
Mike Gunderloy reviews dtsdoc 1.0
April 12th, 2006Mike Gunderloy posted a review of dtsdoc on Larkware site last week.
It’s a very positive review and it has brought some users interested in dtsdoc. I’ve got a lot of great feedback and suggestions not only from the review but from the traffic it has generated.
dtsdoc has already made some sales in its first two [...]
dtsdoc: new product to document DTS packages
March 30th, 2006I’m very pleased to announce you the release of a new product called dtsdoc (www.dtsdoc.com).
dtsdoc is focused in helping database administrators document SQL Server 2000 data transformation packages.
I got the idea to develop this product after several requests from dbdesc users who wanted to document their DTS packages.
At first, I considered adding this [...]
