Do You Change the Results to Grid Font in SSMS?

re: Do You Change the Results to Grid Font in SSMS?

Adam Machanic — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:14:36 GMT

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re: Do You Change the Results to Grid Font in SSMS?

david wei — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:30:55 GMT

I only change Grid Font when do a presentation, so people on last row can see it without need the zoomit.

David.

re: Do You Change the Results to Grid Font in SSMS?

Alexander Kuznetsov — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:37:35 GMT

I always change grid fonts. Adam, can you set up a survey in your forum?

re: Do You Change the Results to Grid Font in SSMS?

Adam Machanic — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:47:05 GMT

Great idea, Alex!

http://sqlblog.com/forums/13518/ShowThread.aspx#13518

re: Do You Change the Results to Grid Font in SSMS?

AaronBertrand — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:00:18 GMT

Don't feel bad on my account. :-) The right-padding is just a nice-to-have and I can correct it in my local copies as you release updates (once I correct it to pad Consolas correctly).

re: Do You Change the Results to Grid Font in SSMS?

Mike Walsh — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:19:11 GMT

Can't vote at that link apparently. I would vote "No" though if I could. Actually I'm embarrassed to say that I would have voted, "I have been using SQL Server for 10 years, considerED myself to have moved from beginner skill set and never even knew you could change the font <sheepish grin>"

re: Do You Change the Results to Grid Font in SSMS?

MikeWalsh — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:49:53 GMT

have to be logged on (thanks to Aaron for being online and on twitter.. see Twitter provided benefit one more time ;-) )

re: Do You Change the Results to Grid Font in SSMS?

AaronBertrand — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:06:23 GMT

Adam still thinks twitter is silly. I'll admit that it has its moments... if I need to focus on something then I need to shut down the application, as it can be much more intrusive than e-mail and my phone combined. But I have learned many things using twitter that I might not have otherwise, and I think I have shared information with more people than I could have without it.

re: Do You Change the Results to Grid Font in SSMS?

AaronBertrand — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:09:20 GMT

Adam I wrote a blog post for co-workers recently on using twitter, you may want to check it out.

http://tr.im/iXs2

re: Do You Change the Results to Grid Font in SSMS?

Adam Machanic — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 19:08:12 GMT

Nice post!

I'm seriously considering Twitter, but I think I'm going to get on Facebook first. One social media outlet at a time :-)

re: Do You Change the Results to Grid Font in SSMS?

Michelle Ufford — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:22:33 GMT

Nope, I don't change mine.

re: Do You Change the Results to Grid Font in SSMS?

jerryhung — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:31:35 GMT

I don't change mine

I don't want to get too dependent on customization on my SSMS, because then I'll feel handicapped when I use other SSMS instances, whether remote desktop or default SSMS

SQL Prompt is a classic example :)

re: Do You Change the Results to Grid Font in SSMS?

Hugo Kornelis — Tue, 05 May 2009 08:35:52 GMT

Hi Adam,

I only change it to enlarge the font before a presentation and to set it back to default afterwards.

And I mostly use results to text anyway.

Best, Hugo