The “SQL Server Compact Edition Toolbox” VS2010 extension adds some very nice tasting frosting to your SQL CE Dev experience

Sara Ford's Weblog - SQL Server Compact Toolbox – Extension #12

“Today’s post comes from Guest Blogger Erik Ejlskov Jensen, SQL Server Compact MVP, @ErikEJ

Toolbox for SQL Server Compact developers

If you use SQL Server Compact, Microsoft’s embedded database for devices, desktops and soon ASP.NET, this extension is for you.

It adds several features not found in Server Explorer Data Connections:

• Support for both version 3.5 and 4.0 database files
• Script tables, including data
• Script entire schema, optionally with data, both of SQL Server Compact and SQL Server 2005 or later databases
• Import to SQL Server Compact from a SQL Server 2005/2008 database or a CSV file
• Basic, free form query execution, with Excel friendly output
• Parse SQL scripts
• Display graphical estimated query plan
• Generate detailed DGML files for visualizing table columns and relationships (requires VS 2010 Premium or higher to view)
• Create and manage SQL Server Merge Replication subscriptions

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I’m about to start into some personal SQL CE development so the timing on this couldn’t be much better.