ANN: MS SQL Maestro 7.3 released

microsoft.public.sqlserver.tools

8 Mar 2007 3:21 PM

Vadim Vinokur

SQL Maestro Group is happy to announce the release of MS SQL Maestro 7.3, a
powerful Windows GUI tool for SQL Server 7/2000/2005 administration and
development. The new version is immediately available at
http://www.sqlmaestro.com/products/mssql/maestro/

What's new in version 7.3?

1. The main feature of the new version is the Graphical Database Designer -
a case tool for managing your database in a few mouse clicks. This piece of
our software is intended for creation of physical Entity Relationship
Diagrams that represent objects in your SQL Server databases. Each diagram
displays the tables of your database and the relationships between them.

- Handy tools of Designer allow you to create new and edit existing tables
and references.
- The reverse engineering feature will help you to understand the schema
structure and make its modification in an easy and clear way.
- Now you can quickly and easily print your database structure with a lot of
options including header and footer, paper size and orientation, etc.
- A rich set of options and settings give you a way to see your database in
your own look and feel style.
- You can export diagram to various image formats such as bitmap, GIF, and
Jpeg

A diagram of your database can help you define operational aspects of your
application logic that you might otherwise overlook. Also, a well-defined
data diagram that accurately represents your tasks can be helpful in
orienting employees to goals and operations.

2. Support of the partitioning features is implemented (SQL Server 2005).
The new version allows you to:

- create, edit and drop partition functions including range merging;
- create, edit and drop partition schemes;
- specify partition scheme as a dataspace for tables and indexes.

3. Since this version it is possible to specify command timeout (in seconds)
in the Options dialog.

4. Other improvements and bugfixes. Full press release is available here:
http://www.sqlmaestro.com/news/company/3487/

Background information:
SQL Maestro Group is engaged in developing database administration and
management tools for MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQLite, Firebird
and MaxDB providing the highest performance, scalability and reliability to
meet the requirements of today's database applications.

Thank you for your attention.

Sincerely yours,
SQL Maestro Group
http://www.sqlmaestro.com