Alternative to SQL Server Management Studio?

Not sure that all of these are working in 2005, or even that they all still
exist. But a good portion should.
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Aaron Bertrand
SQL Server MVP
http://www.sqlblog.com/
http://www.aspfaq.com/5006
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> Does anyone have any suggestions for 3rd party tools to replace SQL
> Server Management Studio. SMS is such bloatware and lacks so many nice
> features of Enterprise Manager that there must be some decent tools
> out there to use instead. I know there's Microsoft SQL Server
> Management Studio Express but it doesn't manage SQL Server Agent.
> Thanks!
>
I am partial to ApexSQL Edit for development (AMAZING range of features,
with incredible developer support/involvment). I use DBArtisan for admin,
but have been disappointed with their quality the last few years. WAY too
many bugs and 'special features', IMHO. However, if you are a
multi-platform shop Embarcadero is probably THE way to go.
TheSQLGuru
President
Indicium Resources, Inc.
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> Not sure that all of these are working in 2005, or even that they all
> still exist. But a good portion should.
> http://sqlserver2000.databases.aspfaq.com/how-do-i-manage-sql-server/msde.html
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> Aaron Bertrand
> SQL Server MVP
> http://www.sqlblog.com/
> http://www.aspfaq.com/5006
>
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