Alternatives to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Express

2011-10-25 Thread Peter Donahue
Good afternoon everyone, We're wanting to service remote databases on our VPS from our local machines. One application recommended for this is Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Express. I'd be interested to know if there are other programs that allow to manage remote databases

Re: Alternatives to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Express

2011-10-25 Thread Russ Michaels
The express edition has quite a few limitations, but if you are running SQL Server Express then this is all you get with it. If however you are running SQL Server Std ediiton, then you get Studio std ediiton, which will have all the features. There is a web based tool called mylittleadmin from

Re: Alternatives to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Express

2011-10-25 Thread Carl Von Stetten
You can also purchase SQL Server 2008 Developer Edition for generally less than $50, and it comes with the full SQL Server Management Studio. Here's a link on Amazon.com: http://amzn.to/uqvTpU Carl On 10/25/2011 1:42 PM, Russ Michaels wrote: The express edition has quite a few limitations,

Re: Alternatives to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Express

2011-10-25 Thread Gerald Guido
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