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Once the search completes, it returns the SELECT statement of where the keyword is found in the data. This makes my job easier – although probably best not to be executed on a large database that does not currently perform well.įortunately, while executing the search, should you find it is taking too long, you can cancel the search. As a Consultant, sometimes I have to search a specific keyword and it could be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

This is probably one of the most handy features out there. This is a very handy script to export data out as Insert statements.You can also choose select tables instead of the whole tables in the database.īelow is an excerpt of the generated Insert scripts:
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This is useful for generating a stored procedure for each Create, Read, Update and Delete actions on data pertaining to each table in the database. Options / configurations are usually accessible from the SSMS Tools menu.īelow are my top 8 favourite features (not in any particular order) that I use quite frequently or find most useful when working with WASD (equivalently for SQL Server instances too). Once you installed SSMS Tools Pack add-in for SQL Server Management Studio, you can right click on items under the WASD instance on Object Explorer similar to below. This may change in the future though – if you find that you would like to suggest some enhancements on any parts of the tool, I would highly encourage you to please provide the author ( Mladen Prajdić) with some feedback. Running this script would result in the following error: Msg 40518, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 DBCC command 'SHOWCONTIG' is not supported in this version of SQL Server. At the time of writing, this option is not automatically checked by the tool for its validity to be run on WASD instances. For example, the pre-configured “DB – DBCC SHOWCONTIG” custom script.
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If you have not used it before, download it from here and read a comprehensive review from Grant Fritchey.Īll the options that are offered by SSMS Tools Pack 2.7.0 work for SQL Server, but not all of them are relevant for WASD instances. To kick off the series, I would like to explore top 8 features of SSMS Tools Pack 2.7.2 that have worked well for me in WASD development / administration (which also works well for on-premise SQL Server instances too).Īs you may already know, SSMS Tools Pack was originally built for SQL Server 2005 and has since then been enhanced to keep up to date with later versions of SQL Server.
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I have been using Windows Azure SQL Database (WASD) for a little while now, and I think it would be a good idea to start a WASD Tools Review series on tools that work well for WASD.
