What does DbOctopus offer that is not available from Management studio?
Intelligent SQL Editor
- Intelligent code completion
- Auto creation of JOINs - you just select relation from a list
- Quick creation of standard scripts for any table, view or stored procedure
- Tooltips for stored procedure and function parameters
Database Relations
DbOctopus examines all foreign key relationships from your database and uses them to help you easily work with connected tables:
- Navigate to related rows in parent or child tables
- Show additional columns from referenced tables - join in a click
- Look up data in related foreign tables
- Display child rows from dependent table as you browse main table
Easier handling of large tables
- Instant filtering, sorting and grouping of loaded data
- Paging
- Find and Replace in database tables and views like in text editor
Examine database structure and dependencies
- Explore table, view and sp dependencies: referenced, foreign key, depend on.
Easier Stored procedures
- Execute stored procedure and Sort, Filter, Group and Print result data
- Parameters could be stored so that you don't have to enter them every time you execute SP.
- Search through stored procedure result
Pivot Tables
- Transform table, view and sp data to pivot table (Excel like)
Enhanced Copy Paste
- Copy and Paste multiple rows between tables
- If pasting multiple rows fails because of table constraints, you can easily fix problematic cells before commiting
- Copy and Paste data between Excel sheet and database tables directly
Export and Import Data
- Export table data to xml, html, Excel, pdf and text format
- Import and bind data from xml to database table directly
- Print
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