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After having been fully spoiled by Navicat Premium for PostgreSQL and MySQL, I enter the SQL Server world and find that the management studio doesn't hold a candle to Navicat, at least as it relates to viewing data.

Fron your experience, what are the really good programmer tools for Microsoft SQL Server 2008?

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What particular features are you looking for? I personally prefer SQL Dev over SQL Server, but found out later on that I just didn't do enough exploring to get what I want. – Jonn Oct 18 '10 at 5:01
Indeed, Navicat is such a fine polished tool that I use it on Linux as well. – mhitza Oct 22 '10 at 21:31
Odd that they support MySQL, SQLite, Oracle and PostgreSQL but not MS SQL Server. – Rudi Nov 18 '10 at 13:59

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Here is a list of tools you can use

SQL SERVER TOOLS

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One line answers rarely provide any value. Why are these good tools? How do they help you? Please expand your answer. – Walter Jan 2 at 13:22
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I asked the navicat support team what their plans were, and to my surprise, they were about ready to release it. I got the beta version, and it works great!

http://www.navicat.com/en/products/navicat_sqlserver/sqlserver_overview.html

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How about Toad, Toad for Oracle is really good, the MySQL client is OK, although not as good as Navicat imo.

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