In order to share some of my own experience of third party SQL Server tools (mostly free) and In hope of learning about some new onesI would like to start a listing about my favorite third party SQL Server development tools/helper scripts. What tools/scripts do you use and why ? What are the highlights that you like the most ?1) SSMS Boost - great free adding to ssms (requires refresh once 90 days) -> [url=http://www.ssmsboost.com/]http://www.ssmsboost.com/[/url]highlights: - it is able to replace short codes in ssms window as you write code for example ssf -> select * from - really nice feature that allows you to script the output of grid for for example insert into statement, select statement (I use this to move records) - nice viewer of binary columns (pdf, word) - sql formatting capabilities in the script window2) Apex SQL Complete - free edition addin to ssms -> [url=http://www.apexsql.com/]http://www.apexsql.com/[/url]highlights: - has the best SQL statement execution history log (before the best was in SSMS tools but now it not free anymore) - the free edition has auto-complete capabilities that is able to suggest full joins, it think no other free too has this, does not work too good thou on my db (~ 2000 tables)3) SQL Complete by DevArt - free addin to ssms -[url= https://www.devart.com/dbforge/sql/sqlcomplete/] https://www.devart.com/dbforge/sql/sqlcomplete/[/url] - I have actually purchased this one - nice and fast auto-complete, only paid version is able to auto-complete full joinshighlights: - a unique feature I have not found in others -> highlights every occurrence of a marked text (same as in notepad++), really nice and fast way to find all variable occurrences in a script, this single feature has caused me to buy this one4) SQL Senty Plan Explorer - free addin to ssms -> [url=http://www.sqlsentry.com/products/plan-explorer/sql-server-query-view#download]http://www.sqlsentry.com/products/plan-explorer/sql-server-query-view#download[/url]- a very nice alternative to build in ssms plan explorer- at core presents the same data as the built-in MS plan explorer but this one does this from different perspectives making spotting issues much easier 5) SandboxDatabaseManager - free administrative/development helper tool, web based (requires refresh once 60 days) -> [url=http://sandboxdatabasemanager.com/]http://sandboxdatabasemanager.com/[/url] highlights:- one of a kind tool capable of moving database from one server to the other in few clicks- we use this offload database administrators and allow developers to copy/clone databases themselves in a controlled way- very nice features of searching data across all servers, track data changes- helpful in monitoring- installation a little complex6) MaintenanceSolution.sql by Olga Hallengren - free script -> [url=https://ola.hallengren.com/]https://ola.hallengren.com/[/url] - a maintenance script to rebuild statistics, very configurable7) Who is Active by Adam Machanic - free script -> [url=http://sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2012/03/22/released-who-is-active-v11-11.aspx]http://sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2012/03/22/released-who-is-active-v11-11.aspx[/url]- an activity reporting script, very useful- is able to pool for a period of time and report on resource consumption in that period
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Your favorite database development/administration third party helper tools (preference to free ones)
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