While connecting with SQL Server 2005, we have to deal with the 'splash' screen and then indicate, basically, the following information such as service type, server name, and authentication type. This process may sometimes slow us down, nevertheless, we can optimise it as long as we know where we want to establish a connection. Put differently, we can save some time by using 'sqlwb.exe' tool which allows to start SQL Management Studio rapidly. This tool has some parameters we can use them to speed up the logon process to SQL instances. Here I am coming up with an illustration how to use 'sqlwb.exe' with some basic parameters. For instance, if we would like to connect to the 'TestDB' database on 'SVPRDB1' server and with Windows Authentication, it can be done in this way:
sqlwb.exe -E -S SVPRDB1 -d TestDB -nosplash
Only after successfully executing that will we connect directly to 'TestDB' database without specifying manually the parameters and also without seeing 'the splash' screen showing the presentation of SQL Management Studio version. Now we can also customise the shortcut as it is shown in the following picture:
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As earlier I said, this is the fastest way to connect to SQL Server which will allow to save some seconds. It couldn't have been simpler. That is all for now. Thanks for reading. Stay tuned.
