Poor Man’s MS SQL Server Replacement
Since MS SQL Server is our database server at work, I thought I better have something close at home so that I can play with and try things out if needed. I use these free tools as MS SQL Server replacement at home.
- MSDE as database. You can also use MS SQL Server 2005 Express Edition if you have .Net Framework 2.0 installed.
- MSDE Query Tool as SQL Query Analyzer.
- Or SQLBuddy as SQL Query Analyzer.
- Or Server Explorer view of Visual Studio.Net and SqlPrompt for SQL intellisense.