"Killer Free [Free as in free from nag's, calls, whines, free] SQL Tools" from ApexSQL. Includes ApexSQL [Auto] Complete, ApexSQL Refactor and ApexSQL Search

Dirk Strauss - ApexSQL Provides Excellent SQL Tools For Free

"ApexSQL has a few free tools on their site. Before I carry on, I was in no way compensated for this blog post at all. Now that is out of the way, check out ApexSQL tools. I was amazed by the feature richness of these tools. I would be amiss if I didn’t share this with the developer community out there. If you are a developer using SSMS, you definitely must download their free tools and give them a try.

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These tools are:

• ApexSQL Complete
  • SSMS and VS integration
  • SQL syntax checking
  • SQL object descriptions
  • SQL code completion
  • SQL code visualization
  • Snippet management

• ApexSQL Refactor
  • SQL parameter management
  • SQL formatting
  • Consistent code layout
  • Database object refactoring
  • Batch formatting
  • One-to-many relationship replacement

• ApexSQL Search
  • Smart renaming
  • Text search
  • Database object search
  • Easy SSMS tab navigation
  • SQL code cleaning
  • Graphical dependencies

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ApexSQL - Killer Free SQL Tools

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Why choose ApexSQL free tools?

Great software

We strive to ensure that even though these tools are Free, we still strive for a "Best of Class" product, including, performance, usability, and quality in its respective product class. If you think we can improve our Free tools please contact us to let us know how!

Feature rich

Our free tools implement all the features you need for FREE, including SQL formatting, Database object and Text search, Smart renaming, SSMS and Visual Studio integration, SQL refactoring, and much more. These are features that you would actually have to pay for … but don’t have to!

Continuous development

Just like all of our other tools, we strive to release updates to our Free SQL tools regularly, fix problems, improve performance, and add features. We look to maintain host integration with new versions of SSMS and Visual Studio when they come out. See What's next, to check out our product roadmap

Killer support

Don’t think that because these tools are free that they are unsupported! We still offer Full support via bundle subscriptions including email, phone, and WebEx for all of our Free tools. Even without a subscription to a bundle we are happy to answer questions via our forum and attempt to address any and all issues quickly

Yes, these tools are really FREE

• No crippleware, time bombs, or bait and switch
• No annoying embedded ads or nag screens
• No additional costs to upgrade to newer versions of SQL Server e.g. 2012, 2014
• No professional version or non-free features you must pay for
• No mandatory re-installs
• No requirement to install additional, non-free software
• No phone calls from sales people

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I'd recently seen, and have been meaning to blog about, ApexSQL Complete being free, but I didn't know about the other tools being available. Kudo's to Dirk for making it really clear what was free and how "free" they were!