I’ve uploaded a maintenance release of dbdesc to fix a couple of bugs:

• SQL Server: Columns of type sysname are not documented
• SQL Server 2000: Triggers are not shown in XSL templates

I’ve detected some minor bugs more since version 1.2, but they can wait until the next point release, which will be released soon.

However the bug related with triggers should have been fixed as soon as it was detected. Answering the four Eric Sink’s questions to know if a bug should be fixed…

Q1. When this bug happens, how bad is the impact (severity)?

Well, the program doesn’t crash, but it is not doing everything it is supposed to do.

Q2. How often this bug happen (frequency)?

Always with SQL Server 2000 databases, so I guess most of the users are affected

Q3. How much effort would be required to fix this bug (cost)?

Small, the bug is already fixed, it only needs to be packed in a new version.

Q4. What is the risk of fixing this bug (risk)?

Very low.

So, it’s clear that an update release was needed. The problem was that I did not even ask to myself those questions. I’ve just fixed and committed the change to my source code repository together with other changes related with the next version of dbdesc that I was working on and I forget about it until today, when someone who was trying dbdesc reported it to me! :oops: