| On the features page, Fatal Action Guard is listed as a Professional-only feature but it still works for me on community edition. I don't know if this is a bug or a typo on the features page (I hope it is a typo). I already don't like that a lot of features were removed from the free version in v3, but the Fatal Action Guard is pretty much the only reason I started using SSMSBoost in the first place. Please do not make the Fatal Action Guard a paid feature. |
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Originally Posted by: JimmyR 
They're the features that are no longer in the community version... |
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| >Did you uninstall previous beta version, before installing v3.1? No >Are there any special domain policies preventing add-in to install? No >Are there any event log entries, that could help us to detect the problem? Event log has: Beginning a Windows Installer transaction: C:\Users\devin\Downloads\SSMSBoostInstaller_3.1.6458.msi. Client Process Id: 5508. Ending a Windows Installer transaction: C:\Users\devin\Downloads\SSMSBoostInstaller_3.1.6458.msi. Client Process Id: 5508. Product: SSMSBoost add-in for SQL Server Management Studio -- Installation failed. Windows Installer installed the product. Product Name: SSMSBoost add-in for SQL Server Management Studio. Product Version: 3.1.6458. Product Language: 1033. Manufacturer: Solutions Crew. Installation success or error status: 1603. >Which user do you use to install the add-in ? (Admin, your own user...) Own user, then tried Admin, both failed |
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| Found the problem. Real great feature, just not available in the Community Version... "Results Grid Aggregates" |
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Originally Posted by: ds1 >Did you uninstall previous beta version, before installing v3.1? Make sure, you have uninstalled previous versions of SSMSBoost. It should not appear in SSMS and there should be no "Solutions Crew" folder in "Program Files". Check again if it will work then. |
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| Hi, I just migrated SSMS from v17.2 to v17.3. Now the' Locate object in Object Explorer' option no longer works, it displays the message' Object could not be found'. |
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Originally Posted by: pprian [...] I tested and found no way... Seems to be an open point. Regards Jimmy |
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| Hi I work a lot with the Workspaces to organise the scripts to my work packages. unfortunately the size of this window is normally to small to see, which script in detail is on the right side of the window.
BTW: I found out, that the content of the "File and Connection" Part doesn't reflect the first entry in the "Workspace" Part, if a new Workspace is added, which is sorted above the former first entry. |
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| I'm not sure, if I understand your question correctly. The edit mode (I assume you talk about "Edit Top 200 Rows") was created exactly for this purpose and is a standard feature of SSMS. a user can do this even with MS Access or similar tools. If you want to prevent the user from you have to use different login for your application than windows user. So you can restirct users to the role "db_reader". Better idea in my humble opinion would be to threat the user with drastic sanctions, if they disobey  Regards Jimmy |
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| I stumbled over this DB Alert today and noticed, I set two alerts during the trial, but never saw it. The Status Bar Color works. What have I wrong? Regards Jimmy |
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| At the 30 day mark, with 90 days still left to go on my community license, some features of the tool have become disabled including all of the Results Grid features. I use a couple of these all the time. I can't find any documentation that says that this is an expected behavior, so it must be a bug, right? I've tried re-applying my activation key and restarting SSMS, but that hasn't helped. |
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| Sorry, but uninstalling. I do not appreciate bait-and-switch tactics like this. I only found this plugin because you posted to Stack Overflow that it provided "Copy cell 1:1" functionality, and that the community licence was free and full featured. Since that's not the case anymore, and that functionality is gone (along with results aggregates which was probably the only other main feature I used) there is no point to keeping it installed and bothering with the now worthless community licence. Have fun driving your community into the ground :) this time next year no one will be using this anymore. |
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| I just tried to reproduce, but with no success (didn't hit the problem, it worked as expected) (I'm also on the SSMS 17.3 since yesterday) I tried the following variants: - just the tablename without owner or database specified in the database, where the session was connected to - tablename and owner in the database, where the session was connected to - full qualified tablename (database, owner, tablename) while connected to master database - same with stored proc and functions I even disconnected the object explorer, with no change. With a lack of more knowledge, the standard support questions ;-) : - did you restarted SSMS / the computer after upgrading to 17.3? - Community or Pro License? Regards Jimmy |
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same was here, yesterday for me.  Since 3.0 (I assume) not all features are available in the community edition anymore: See here  regards Jimmy |
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Got to work this morning to discover that I am being extorted for 180 euro for any of the useful features of SSMS boost. I use this on a daily basis, and have no problem paying a reasonable amount (say £30 - £40), but from free to 180 euro is ridiculous, I can't afford to pay this, and there's no way the company will pay 180 euro per user (there are too many of of us). Very disappointed, you could have made hundreds of euros from our company alone, but instead have lost a lot of potential customers. |
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| the same did I, same result: seems to be an open point. could be an enhancement request for the tool. Are People from development reading through the Forum or is there any other way to bring the proposal to them? |
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| Guys, I think you are not fair to the owner (and I want to stress that there is an owner. It is not a public/open source project). 1. It wasn't all that sudden price increase. The administration had posted information about the price increase for the professional edition and reduction of features in the community version at least 1.5 years ago (I know that for sure because I bought my license in July 2016 and the announcement was there). There was plenty of time to purchase in advance at a lower price (though I don't remember how much it was). Such action would help the development team to do the job faster seeing that users are ready to pay (we all like to be paid, don't we?). 2. Comparing SSMS Boost to Notepad++ is not valid. Notepad++ is open source product. It lives on community contributions (time & donations). But the user base is much larger. So smaller donations work. But at the same time, Notepad++ doesn't have any dependencies. They can release new versions at their leisure. But SSMS Boost is integrated into SSMS which is changing monthly. And those changes may break SSMS Boost. And all of you want the issue to be fixed fast (and for free?). 3. Everybody wants to be paid for the work they do. I am sure that majority of you get paid at your job. The price may be steep. But how do you decide what is the right price for a software? Try to put yourself into owners' shoes. 1. Replacement value. How much does it cost to replace it? 1.1. How much do competitors charge for a similar product? 1.2. How much would it cost to build a new product like that? how many hours would it take for you to implement the features? Multiply it by your hourly rate that might be a price? That price might vary a lot depending on how much you make. 2. Added Value. How much time does it save a user let say each year? So the user doesn't miss deadlines, don't have to stay overtime. How much money they save. Even if users' boss is not ready to pay the get benefit for themselves. 3. How many times you can go to a restaurant for the price (it is a funny way to price :) 4. Many other ways... It is difficult task for the owner. If he makes wrong decisions he might lose money, customers, or the project itself. We are all human, make mistakes and pay for them ;) I also want to express my personal opinion. SSMS Boost needs a lot of improvements in terms of stability and UX. UX is terrible. I can clearly see that the app is designed by a hardcore developer. It would benefit it hire a UI/UX person to redesign it. But that would require money. And I feel that I paid my share. ;) From the practical standpoint, I would advise the owner to revisit the pricing model. Here my inputs: 1. Most companies I worked had policies that expenses under $100 usually didn't require approval or approval by immediate manager. Above $100 it becomes tricky. Consider price under $100. 2. Introduce donations to support the community version and add some popular there. You may be surprised to see how many people are ready to give donations. 3. Consider subscription types of licensing. Users might be more willing to pay $30 a year than $180 in one shot. 4. And finally, review the competitor products and their pricing. |
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Originally Posted by: Alexander Sharovarov The administration had posted information about the price increase for the professional edition and reduction of features in the community version at least 1.5 years ago Where was this posted? In a cellar, with no lighting, no stairs, in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard"? Seriously, when a product works, you don't go digging around forums and so don't see posts about possible price increases. |
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Originally Posted by: Gaurav I have the same issue. even after re-install it did not worked. still waiting to get this fix with community license. JimmyR was right in his response. I missed that those features are not available under the community license, so they get disabled when the 30 day trial period with all features expires. I'm trying to convince my manager that we need enterprise licenses now. Originally Posted by: JimmyR same was here, yesterday for me. |
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Originally Posted by: Alexander Sharovarov
Yes, it was all of a sudden. After waiting for 1,5 years finally came the RTM version including information about the prices for the Professional version. Those were never mentioned before. I looked for it beforehand but nothing on the site. There was also no info about stripping down the community version. In fact you complained on this forum about the lack of information. Quote: So smaller donations work. So that's why they ask 180 euro's instead of 40. Right. People now turn their back on the product because it is too expensive. They raise more money when all current users pay a low price. Quote: Notepad++ doesn't have any dependencies. Wrong. It has many dependencies. Maybe you need to delve into that project. But I digress. Quote: 3. Everybody wants to be paid for the work they do. I am sure that majority of you get paid at your job. Sure, and we all get paid like a CEO and we all dine in the most expensive restaurants. I don't see how it's important how much we earn or how often we eat outdoors. It's not about the will to pay for the product, it's about the high prices. Quote: 4. And finally, review the competitor products and their pricing. Similar tools are way cheaper. Why do you think people are so stunned about the high prices? |
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(the options are greyed out, eg. "Copy all headers" or "Copy selected headers" or "Script grid data", this list is incomplete)