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DannyGould — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 15:05:28 GMT

Please visit the Internals Viewer for SQL Server project - http://InternalsViewer.codeplex.com for more SQL Server internals functionality

Project Description

This is add-in for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to display database allocation information.

It builds on allocation information displayed by SQL Internals Viewer to show how data is allocated in SQL Server files.

The add-in also displays information on space usage, table sizes and total proportion used.

The add-in works with SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) for both SQL Server 2008 (RTM) and SQL Server 2005.

Instructions

After the add-in has been installed click View - Show Allocation Info.

(Note: There's a problem at the moment where the window doesn't appear tabbed to start with. To fix this drag the window and drop it on the centre icon that pops up. This will be fixed in a future version).

What is this showing?

The allocation add-in displays a map that shows how different database object are physically allocated over a database file.

SQL Server stored data in 8KB units called pages. Pages are grouped into extents, which are 8 contiguous pages. SQL Server manages allocation at both a page and extent level.

In the add-in allocation map for the Small, Medium, and Large view each block is a page.

For more information on pages and extents see:

Books Online: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190969.aspx

SQL Server Storage Engine Blog - What are pages? https://blogs.msdn.com/sqlserverstorageengine/archive/2006/06/26/647005.aspx

SQL Server Storage Engine Blog - What are extents? http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlserverstorageengine/archive/2006/06/28/649884.aspx

Other SQL Server internals resources http://www.sqlinternalsviewer.com/resources.html

Development Resources

Development Tools

SSMS Add-in development

Updated Wiki: Home

DannyGould — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 15:04:57 GMT

Please visit the Internals Viewer for SQL Server project - InternalsViewer.codeplex.com for more SQL Server internals functionality

Project Description

This is add-in for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to display database allocation information.

It builds on allocation information displayed by SQL Internals Viewer to show how data is allocated in SQL Server files.

The add-in also displays information on space usage, table sizes and total proportion used.

The add-in works with SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) for both SQL Server 2008 (RTM) and SQL Server 2005.

Instructions

After the add-in has been installed click View - Show Allocation Info.

(Note: There's a problem at the moment where the window doesn't appear tabbed to start with. To fix this drag the window and drop it on the centre icon that pops up. This will be fixed in a future version).

What is this showing?

The allocation add-in displays a map that shows how different database object are physically allocated over a database file.

SQL Server stored data in 8KB units called pages. Pages are grouped into extents, which are 8 contiguous pages. SQL Server manages allocation at both a page and extent level.

In the add-in allocation map for the Small, Medium, and Large view each block is a page.

For more information on pages and extents see:

Books Online: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190969.aspx

SQL Server Storage Engine Blog - What are pages? https://blogs.msdn.com/sqlserverstorageengine/archive/2006/06/26/647005.aspx

SQL Server Storage Engine Blog - What are extents? http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlserverstorageengine/archive/2006/06/28/649884.aspx

Other SQL Server internals resources http://www.sqlinternalsviewer.com/resources.html

Development Resources

Development Tools

SSMS Add-in development

Updated Wiki: SSMS Add-in development

DannyGould — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:39:11 GMT

SSMS Add-in development

The following sites detail how to create SSMS add-ins:

Extend Functionality in SQL Server 2005 Management Studio with Add-ins - Ameet Phadnis
*http://aspalliance.com/137

Building a SQL Server Management Studio Add-in - Jon Sayce
*http://sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/jonsayce/archive/2008/01/15/building-a-sql-server-management-studio-addin.aspx

The Black Art of Writing a SQL Server Management Studio 2005 Add-In - Joseph Cooney
*http://jcooney.net/archive/2007/11/26/55358.aspx

Window Location

The following registry entry allows a window to start as a 'Tabbed Document' rather than floating:

2005
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\Shell\ToolWindows\{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
REG_SZ - Style: MDI

2008
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\Shell\ToolWindows\{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
REG_SZ - Style: MDI

Where {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000} is the GUID of the tool window created by CreateToolWindow2.

After the add-in has been installed the window position is saved in the files windows.prf and windowsidx.prf in the following location:

2008
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Shell\

2005
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\Shell\

Delete the two files to get the add-in to use the registry again for the window location.

Updated Wiki: SSMS Add-in development

DannyGould — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:38:42 GMT

Updated Wiki: Home

DannyGould — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:23:59 GMT

Project Description

This is add-in for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to display database allocation information.

It builds on allocation information displayed by SQL Internals Viewer to show how data is allocated in SQL Server files.

The add-in also displays information on space usage, table sizes and total proportion used.

The add-in works with SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) for both SQL Server 2008 (RTM) and SQL Server 2005.

Instructions

After the add-in has been installed click View - Show Allocation Info.

(Note: There's a problem at the moment where the window doesn't appear tabbed to start with. To fix this drag the window and drop it on the centre icon that pops up. This will be fixed in a future version).

What is this showing?

The allocation add-in displays a map that shows how different database object are physically allocated over a database file.

SQL Server stored data in 8KB units called pages. Pages are grouped into extents, which are 8 contiguous pages. SQL Server manages allocation at both a page and extent level.

In the add-in allocation map for the Small, Medium, and Large view each block is a page.

For more information on pages and extents see:

Books Online: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190969.aspx

SQL Server Storage Engine Blog - What are pages? https://blogs.msdn.com/sqlserverstorageengine/archive/2006/06/26/647005.aspx

SQL Server Storage Engine Blog - What are extents? http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlserverstorageengine/archive/2006/06/28/649884.aspx

Other SQL Server internals resources http://www.sqlinternalsviewer.com/resources.html

Development Resources

Development Tools

SSMS Add-in development

Updated Wiki: Home

DannyGould — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:23:37 GMT

Books Online: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190969.aspx

SQL Server Storage Engine Blog - What are pages? https://blogs.msdn.com/sqlserverstorageengine/archive/2006/06/26/647005.aspx

SQL Server Storage Engine Blog - What are extents? http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlserverstorageengine/archive/2006/06/28/649884.aspx

Other SQL Server internals resources http://www.sqlinternalsviewer.com/resources.html

Development Resources
Development Tools

SSMS Add-in development

Updated Wiki: Development Tools

DannyGould — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:34:04 GMT

This add-in has been created using the following development tools and utilities

Visual Studio 2008
GhostDoc - http://www.roland-weigelt.de/ghostdoc/
Microsoft StyleCop - http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/sourceanalysis

Source control with CodepPlex:

Tortoise SVN - http://tortoisesvn.net/
VisualSVN - http://www.visualsvn.com/
SVNBridge - http://www.codeplex.com/SvnBridge

Updated Wiki: Home

DannyGould — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:28:11 GMT

Books Online: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190969.aspx

SQL Server Storage Engine Blog - What are pages? https://blogs.msdn.com/sqlserverstorageengine/archive/2006/06/26/647005.aspx

SQL Server Storage Engine Blog - What are extents? http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlserverstorageengine/archive/2006/06/28/649884.aspx

Other SQL Server internals resources http://www.sqlinternalsviewer.com/resources.html

Development Tools

Updated Wiki: Home

DannyGould — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:39:00 GMT

Project Description

This is add-in for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to display database allocation information.

It builds on allocation information displayed by SQL Internals Viewer to show how data is allocated in SQL Server files.

The add-in also displays information on space usage, table sizes and total proportion used.

The add-in works SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) for both SQL Server 2008 (RTM) and SQL Server 2005.

Instructions

After the add-in has been installed click View - Show Allocation Info.

(Note: There's a problem at the moment where the window doesn't appear tabbed to start with. To fix this drag the window and drop it on the centre icon that pops up. This will be fixed in a future version).

What is this showing?

The allocation add-in displays a map that shows how different database object are physically allocated over a database file.

SQL Server stored data in 8KB units called pages. Pages are grouped into extents, which are 8 contiguous pages. SQL Server manages allocation at both a page and extent level.

In the add-in allocation map for the Small, Medium, and Large view each block is a page.

For more information on pages and extents see:

Books Online: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190969.aspx

SQL Server Storage Engine Blog - What are pages? https://blogs.msdn.com/sqlserverstorageengine/archive/2006/06/26/647005.aspx

SQL Server Storage Engine Blog - What are extents? http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlserverstorageengine/archive/2006/06/28/649884.aspx

Other SQL Server internals resources http://www.sqlinternalsviewer.com/resources.html

Updated Wiki: Home

DannyGould — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:38:10 GMT

Project Description

This is add-in for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to display database allocation information.

It builds on allocation information displayed by SQL Internals Viewer to show how data is allocated in SQL Server files.

The add-in also displays information on space usage, table sizes and total proportion used.

The add-in works SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) for both SQL Server 2008 (RTM) and SQL Server 2005.

Instructions

After the add-in has been installed click View - Show Allocation Info.

(Note: There's a problem at the moment where the window doesn't appear tabbed to start with. To fix this drag the window and drop it on the centre icon that pops up. This will be fixed in a future version).

What is this showing?

The allocation add-in displays a map that shows how different database object are physically allocated over a database file.

SQL Server stored data in 8KB units called pages. Pages are grouped into extents, which are 8 contiguous pages. SQL Server manages allocation at both a page and extent level.

In the add-in allocation map for the Small, Medium, and Large view each block is a page.

For more information on pages and extents see:

Books Online: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190969.aspx

SQL Server Storage Engine Blog - What are pages? https://blogs.msdn.com/sqlserverstorageengine/archive/2006/06/26/647005.aspx

SQL Server Storage Engine Blog - What are extents? http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlserverstorageengine/archive/2006/06/28/649884.aspx

Other SQL Server internals resources http://www.sqlinternalsviewer.com/resources.html

Updated Wiki: Home

DannyGould — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:37:27 GMT

Project Description

This is add-in for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to display database allocation information.

It builds on allocation information displayed by SQL Internals Viewer to show how data is allocated in SQL Server files.

The add-in also displays information on space usage, table sizes and total proportion used.

The add-in works SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) for both SQL Server 2008 (RTM) and SQL Server 2005.

Instructions

After the add-in has been installed click View - Show Allocation Info.

(Note: There's a problem at the moment where the window doesn't appear tabbed to start with. To fix this drag the window and drop it on the centre icon that pops up. This will be fixed in a future version).

What is this showing?

The allocation add-in displays a map that shows how different database object are physically allocated over a database file.

SQL Server stored data in 8KB units called pages. Pages are grouped into extents, which are 8 contiguous pages. SQL Server manages allocation at both a page and extent level.

In the add-in allocation map for the Small, Medium, and Large view each block is a page.

For more information on pages and extents see:

*Books Online: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190969.aspx

*SQL Server Storage Engine Blog - What are pages? https://blogs.msdn.com/sqlserverstorageengine/archive/2006/06/26/647005.aspx

*SQL Server Storage Engine Blog - What are extents? http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlserverstorageengine/archive/2006/06/28/649884.aspx

*Other SQL Server internals resources http://www.sqlinternalsviewer.com/resources.html

Updated Wiki: Home

DannyGould — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:14:09 GMT

Project Description

This is add-in for SQL Server Managment Studio (SSMS) to display database allocation information.

It builds on allocation information displayed by SQL Internals Viewer to show how data is allocated in SQL Server files.

The add-in also displays information on space usage, table sizes and total proportion used.

The add-in works SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) for both SQL Server 2008 (RC0) and SQL Server 2005.

Instructions

After the add-in has been installed click View - Show Allocation Info.

(Note: There's a problem at the moment where the window doesn't appear tabbed to start with. To fix this drag the window and drop it on the centre icon that pops up. This will be fixed in a future version).

Updated Wiki: Home

DannyGould — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:13:47 GMT

Project Description

This is add-in for SQL Server Managment Studio (SSMS) to display database allocation information.

It builds on allocation information displayed by SQL Internals Viewer to show how data is allocated in SQL Server files.

The add-in also displays information on space usage, table sizes and total proportion used.

The add-in works SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) for both SQL Server 2008 (RC0) and SQL Server 2005.

Instructions

After the add-in has been installed click View - Show Allocation Info to display the add-in.

(Note: There's a problem at the moment where the window doesn't appear tabbed to start with. To fix this drag the window and drop it on the centre icon that pops up. This will be fixed in a future version).

Updated Wiki: Home

DannyGould — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:12:59 GMT

Project Description

This is add-in for SQL Server Managment Studio (SSMS) to display database allocation information.

It builds on allocation information displayed by SQL Internals Viewer to show how data is allocated in SQL Server files.

The add-in also displays information on space usage, table sizes and total proportion used.

The add-in works SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) for both SQL Server 2008 (RC0) and SQL Server 2005.

!Instructions!

After the add-in has been installed click View - Show Allocation Info to display the add-in.

(Note: There's a problem at the moment where the window doesn't appear tabbed to start with. To fix this drag the window and drop it on the centre icon that pops up. This will be fixed in a future version).