>>You can also purchase SQL Server 2008 Developer Edition for generally less than $50,
+1 That is a bargain compared to Red Gate, EMS, Navicat and Toad for SQL Server. Which are all excellent and come highly recomended (IMHO) if you are looking for pay versions. In the mean time, the evaluation version of SQL Server times out after 6 months. That should buy you some time to more thoughly investigate your options. Other alternatives on the cheap that I can think of are The EMS and Toad Lite versions. They are scaled down versions of the pro offerings but still are pretty capable. It depends on what your needs are. Another option on the cheap.... Toad seems to be perpetually in Beta. Every time I have gone to their site they have a beta offering. The beta expires after a while so if you do not mind beta and/or reinstalling it every so often it might do the trick. Supposedly, if you sign up for their community they will email you when a new beta has been dropped. http://toadforsqlserver.com/beta.jspa HTH, G! On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Carl Von Stetten <[email protected]>wrote: > You can also purchase SQL Server 2008 Developer Edition for generally > less than $50, > -- Gerald Guido http://www.myinternetisbroken.com -- We all shine on. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:348343 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
