On Page 75 of the vb.net version of this book the authors refer 3rd party tools for SQL Server that can work like Enterprise Manager.

Does anyone know what tool(s) they are talking about and where to find it?

I guess you might be using MSDE (the free version of SQL Server)?

                Web Data Administrator - SqlWebAdmin

"Web Data Admin" is Microsoft's ASP.Net free tool to help you do
simple queries in MSDE or SQL Server from a web page.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

                       MSDE Query - Similar to Query Analyzer

This is "nagware". It keeps popping up a message telling you that you should register it. But it's not technically shareware - you don't have to register it.

http://www.msde.biz/msdequery/download.htm


                  UserManNET to manage SQL Server accounts in MSDE

http://www.fawcette.com/vsm/2003_06/...default_pf.asp

                       SQL Buddy (open source in C#):

http://sqlbuddy.sourceforge.net

           MSDE GUI - Similar to Query Analyzer (with C# source)

http://www.codeproject.com/cs/database/msde-gui.asp

NOTE: Code Project also has QASharp V1.0, but this looks like it isn't as good as MSDE Buddy.

                           TOAD for SQL Server

Quest Software has released a SQL Server version of its highly popular Oracle tool, TOAD. It is freeware! You can see more about it at http://www.toadsoft.com/toadss.html and download it at:
http://www.toadsoft.com/toad_ss.zip.

                   A free admin program called "DbaMgr2k"

http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr/DownLoad2k.shtm

Eric

Also: Aqua DataStudio from http://www.aquafold.com/



brian