How to Find Tools for Your SQL Server Database
May 4, 2009
More and more people and businesses rely on databases to keep and access the required information. If you need to keep a database, your job is not done once you have installed and configured it. You also have to monitor and maintain it constantly. There are a series of software tools which allow you to do this that are also known as SQL server database tools.
dbAnalyst
dbAnalyst is a software tool used to administer and maintain databases.
It is one of the software packages that all database administrator and developer should use. Its main benefit is that you can manage multiple databases using a single tool, thus saving time and money (you will not have to acquire multiple products to maintain your database and familiarize yourself with them). dbAnalyst can be used by both individual developers as well as large companies. This tool is a very versatile, cross-platform solution. It can be used to translate and analyze between databases and even different versions of databases. Although it is a very powerful tool, it is also user friendly and intuitive.
Once set up, its SQL console will always be available for you on the desktop.You can analyze any database using this console. If you are new to database administration, dbAnalyst incorporates a series of scripts to ease your job, presenting each of the tool’s features. Once the software detects a situation that would require your attention, it will send visual notifications about the problem. It is able to connect quickly to many types of databases and it will proactively import database properties for the user.
Its interface is simple to use and intuitive and the SQL console is always available on the desktop. dbAnalyst is also a very powerful database situation analysis tool. Its features allow you to constantly monitor any database that requires administering and to react immediately once the software has noticed any problems.
dB Organizer Deluxe
dB Organizer Deluxe is a database maintaining software tool that addresses individuals which run a database, but also large enterprises which require a powerful tool to manage and organize their information. This software package can be used by beginners as it is intuitive and easy to use, but it is powerful enough that professional database administrators will find it useful. It offers a complex, yet flexible set of features to help you manage and inventory databases.
Database Tour
Database Tour is another tool used to maintain and administer databases.
It is a universal database tool, as it allows you to view, edit and print data as well as build queries for writing SQL statements. It offers users a very intuitive graphic interface, but also has several command line options. Database Tour offers db grids which allow you to view and edit data in a convenient way. You can search and replace pieces of text within the database or copy it to the clipboard. It offers format conversion: you can export data from any open table to a database or file. Database Tour offers a large set of features which enable you to edit string fields and logical and physical sort data within the database. You can also keep track of the transactions performed from the database.


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