EMS SQL Manager for SQL Server

EMS SQL Manager for SQL Server is a high performance tool for Microsoft SQL Server database development and administration. SQL Manager works with any MS SQL Server versions from 7 to the newest one and supports the latest SQL Server features including new data types (datetimeoffset, hierarchyid, geometry, geography and more), table types and table-valued parameters, logon triggers, backups with compression and other. It offers plenty of powerful SQL tools such as Visual Database Designer that allows creating SQL Server database in few clicks, Visual Query Builder and advanced SQL editor to build complicated SQL Server queries and many more useful features for efficient SQL Server administration. SQL Manager for SQL Server has a state-of-the-art graphical user interface with well-described wizard system, so clear in use that even a newbie will not be confused with it.

Key Features

• Support of SQL Server 2008
• Support of Unicode data
• Rapid database management and navigation
• Easy management of all SQL Server objects
• Advanced data manipulation tools
• Effective security management
• Excellent visual and text tools for query building
• Impressive data export and import capabilities
• Visual Database Designer to handle database structure in a few clicks
• Easy-to-use wizards performing SQL Server administrative tasks
• Powerful tools to make your work with SQL Server as easy as it can be
• Report designer with clear in use report construction wizard
• New state-of-the-art graphical user interface

Support of SQL Server 2008

• Support of new data types: date, datetime2, datetimeoffset, time, hierarchyid, geometry, geography
• Support of table types
• Support of logon triggers
• Supports of new backup parameters: compression, buffer count, max transfer size
• Support of Unicode data

Rapid database management and navigation

• Multiple host/database connections
• Database properties management
• Server properties management
• Registering databases for working with the required databases only
• Projects to work with the selected database objects only
• Multiple user-defined tabs for any tree node to access it in one-click.
• Working with multiple selected objects at a time
• Grouping/ungrouping registered databases by host name

Easy management of all SQL Server objects

• Creating/dropping databases and schemas
• Managing tables and all their subobjects: fields, indices, triggers, checks and foreign keys
• Managing views, procedures and user-defined functions
• Managing user-defined types, synonyms, DDL triggers, assemblies, aggregates, XML schema collections, defaults and rules
• Managing partition functions and schemes, full-text catalogs and indices, symmetric and asymmetric keys, certificates
• Managing jobs, schedules, alerts, operators, endpoints, linked servers, credentials, proxies
• Duplicating all database objects
• Viewing dependencies between database objects

Advanced data manipulation tools

• Powerful BLOB viewer/editor with several types of viewing BLOB data
• Plenty of useful tools such as data grouping, summarizing, fast searching and filtering
• Master-detail view to work with two linked tables at the same time
• Table and card views to see data the way you like
• Support of queries returning multiple result sets
• Ability to copy and paste selected records
• Advanced printing system

Effective security management

• Powerful login manager for administering server logins
• Managing database users and user-defined roles
• Managing server roles membership
• Grant manager displaying all database object grants in the form of a grid
• Viewing and changing object permissions to database roles in object editors

Excellent visual and text tools for query building

• Visual query builder allowing you to build complicated queries without any knowledge of SQL syntax
• Multiple SQL editors with code completion, syntax highlight and code folding
• Large script executing (SQL script editor)
• Ability to view actual and estimated query plan as diagram
• SQL Formatter (Available from SQL Editor context menu)
• Favorite Queries (Save and use your frequently used queries easily)

Impressive data export and import capabilities

• Exporting data to most popular formats: MS Excel, MS Word, MS Access, HTML, PDF, TXT, CSV, DBF, XML, ODF etc.
• Importing data from MS Excel, MS Access, DBF, XML, ODF, TXT and CSV
• Bulk Insert wizard
• Exporting data to SQL script as INSERT statement with selecting destination DBMS

Visual Database Designer to handle database structure in a few clicks

• Creating diagram of existing database using Reverse engineering tool
• Dividing diagram into different subject areas located on separate pages
• Navigating through diagram using preview navigation to
• Creating/editing/dropping tables and table fields, visually setting links between them
• Ability to add comments to diagram
• Saving as image or printing database diagram
• Two diagram notations (IDEF1x and IE)
• A lot of visual customization options

Easy-to-use wizards performing SQL Server administrative tasks

• Backing up database
• Restoring database
• Attaching database
• Detaching database
• Shrinking database
• Managing indices
• Updating statistics
• Checking database

Powerful tools to make your work with SQL Server as easy as it can be

• Extracting metadata into text files or SQL script editor
• Powerful print metadata module for creating customizable metadata reports
• HTML report generator to create a detailed HTML report about your database quickly
• Managing backup devices
• Managing database snapshots
• Viewing SQL Server logs
• Monitoring SQL Server activity

Report designer with clear in use report construction wizard

• Create Report Wizard allows you to create simple reports in a few clicks
• Managing reports the same way as if they were database objects: accessing reports directly through DB Explorer tree

New state-of-the-art graphical user interface

• Office 11 and Windows XP visual schemes support
• Well-described Wizard System
• Improved database explorer for easy management of all SQL Server objects
• MDI and floating-window styles implementation
• Windows Toolbar to switch between windows easily, like in Windows Task Bar
• Navigation bars with hot actions in most of the windows
• Ability to save all program settings
• Customizable toolbars for all program windows
• Fully customizable program interface
• Powerful visual options module
• Localizable program interface

And other useful features

• Keyboard templates
• To-do list
• External tool manager