EMS SQL Manager 2008 for SQL Server 3.1

 EMS SQL Manager 2008 for SQL Server 3.1 offers an effective tool which is for SQL Server administration and development. SQL Manager 2005 works with any SQL Server versions from 7 to 2005 and supports all of the latest SQL Server features including new SQL Server 2005 permission system, assemblies, DDL triggers, XML columns, and so on. It offers plenty of powerful tools for experienced users such as Visual Database Designer and Visual Query Builder to satisfy all their needs. SQL Manager 2005 has a new 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.

Major Features:

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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)
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
13. And other useful features
    • Keyboard templates
    • To-do list
    • External tool manager
      

Enhancements:

• Support of server objects in Extract Database, Print Metadata, Duplicate Object and other tools
• Possibility to view effective permissions on objects
• Fixes in SQL query editors
• Possibility to interrupt report generation
• Other great improvements and bug fixes

Requirements:

•  300-megahertz (MHz) or higher Pentium II-compatible processor; 600-MHz or faster processor recommended
• Microsoft Windows NT4 with SP4 or later, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Microsoft Windows Vista
• 64 MB RAM or more; 128 MB or more recommended
• 50MB of available HD space for program installation
• Super VGA (800x600) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor; Super VGA (1024x768) or higher-resolution recommended
• Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
• Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) or SQL Server Native Client
• Local or remote SQL Server 7, SQL Server 2000, MSDE, SQL Server 2005 (We do not support SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition)