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Product Update Alert - ApexSQL Complete 2011 Alpha

ApexSQL Complete 2011 Alpha has been released

Type: Alpha

About ApexSQL Complete: ApexSQL Complete is SQL Server Management Studio add-in (soon to be available for Visual Studio) which speeds up coding. It completes SQL code statements automatically, fills in SQL code fragments and much more. For more information visit the ApexSQL Complete product home

About this release: ApexSQL Complete features include:
  • Automatically filling in:
    • SQL keywords
    • database
    • schema
    • object
    • and parameter names
  • Browsable hint list with real-time object descriptions and definitions
  • Automatic completion of SQL constructs
  • Highlighting and quick navigation to SQL code syntax errors
  • Automatic alias creation for auto-completed object names
  • Support for Microsoft SQL Server Denali, 2008 R2, 2008 and 2005

What is an Alpha build?
Alpha builds are community previews of our upcoming products that aren’t as mature as typical beta. Alphas offer early adopters the chance to get early access and get a jump start on helping us improve the products

Ready to try it?
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Release notes
Download
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Product Update Alert - ApexSQL Version 2011 Alpha

ApexSQL Version 2011 Alpha has been released

Type: Alpha

About ApexSQL Version: ApexSQL Version is SQL Server Management Studio add-in (soon to be available for Visual Studio) which allows you to version control SQL databases and objects directly from inside SSMS. It integrates with all major source control systems and provides you with all versioning benefits, without the need for an additional source control client. For more information visit the ApexSQL Version product home

About this release: ApexSQL Version features include:
  • Native support for the most popular source control providers including:
    • Visual Source Safe
    • Subversion
    • Team Foundation Server
    • SourceGear Vault
  • Support for all MSSCCI compliant versioning systems including:
    • PureCM
    • SourceGear Fortress
    • Mercurial
    • Clear Case
    • StarTeam and more
  • Object change history tracking and rollback
  • Batch operation processing
  • Live and versioned object comparison with line and character level difference highlighting
  • Customizable object mapping
  • Live and versioned object difference reports
  • Simultaneous execution of version control operations on multiple objects
  • Support for SQL Server 2008 R2, 2008 and 2005 SP1

What is an Alpha build?
Alpha builds are community previews of our upcoming products that aren’t as mature as typical beta. Alphas offer early adopters the chance to get early access and get a jump start on helping us improve the products

Ready to try it?
Download it here

See also:
Release notes
Download
ApexSQL Version product home

Found a bug?
We encourage and reward evaluator feedback with our ApexSQL VIP and ApexSQL Top Gun programs.
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Product update alert - ApexSQL Edit 2011 R2 Experimental/Nightly

ApexSQL Edit 2011 R2 has been released as an experimental, nightly build

Type: Experimental/nightly

About ApexSQL Edit: ApexSQL Edit is an integrated SQL development environment providing an intelligent auto-complete, full source control integration, SQL code debugging, profiling and formatting as well as various code refactors. For more information visit the ApexSQL Edit product home

About this release: Changes include:
  • Inline versioned object editing
  • Automated synchronization after changing the live object or checking in its versioned script back to source control
  • Improved usability of source control related dialogs

What is an Experimental, nightly build?
ApexSQL Edit 2011 R2 has been pre-released to the community giving power users early access, so they can provide feedback on the new features and help identify any issues that come up. When finalized, this will be released as ApexSQL Edit 2011 R2. To ensure a high level of responsiveness to community feedback we will be updating this build nightly.

Ready to try it?
Download it here

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Release notes
Download
ApexSQL Edit product home

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Top guns for December 2011 announced

We’ve announced the Top gun for December 2011:

#1 Troy Stauffer
#2 Thomas Boisjolie
#3 Claude Hebert
#4 Neil Burnett
#5 Sergey Berezniker

Congratulations to all winners
Top Gun prizes are extended to the top 5 competitors

Check out the Top Gun prizes and previous winners list

How can I become a VIP?
We encourage and reward community feedback with our ApexSQL VIP and ApexSQL Top Gun programs.

If you find bugs in our software, including new betas, or take the time to help other posters on our forum, you’ll be credited with points towards our VIP program that can earn gear (i.e. t-shirts), cash and VIP recognition.

Note: bounty in effect. Read more about it in Bug bounty - win double VIP points for selected products

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Bug bounty - win double VIP points for selected products

Report bugs for ApexSQL Data Diff, ApexSQL Log or ApexSQL Diff and earn double VIP points. See our VIP program for more information.

What?
We’re having a hard time finding bugs in certain products. Our testers are spending more and more time but finding fewer and fewer bugs. Although we think that this is a great reflection of the quality of our products, we’d like to call on our community to help us smoke out any remaining issues once and for all. To encourage people, we are putting a price on the head of every bug in the form of a “bounty”, doubling the VIP points normally awarded.

When?
From now until we release our next maintenance releases of this products we will be offering double VIP points.

How?
We’ll be offering internal builds and direct access to our team to help verify fixes, help reproducing bugs and help VIPs in any way we can.

Please download the newest 2011 versions of these tools and report any bugs you find, early and often. We look forward to your feedback!

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Press Release - ApexSQL Edit 2011 released – Improved auto-complete, redesigned SQL formatting and new code refactors

Raleigh – December 21, 2011 – ApexSQL, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and leading provider of Microsoft SQL Server solutions, today announced the release of ApexSQL Edit 2011. The new version includes a totally re-engineered auto-complete, improved SQL formatting with more than 100 new customizable options, 5 new SQL refactors, and much more.


ApexSQL Edit 2011 includes the following new features and improvements:
  • Redesigned auto-complete with more features, improved usability and performance
  • New SQL formatting with more than 100 additional formatting options
  • 5 new SQL code refactors including
    • Encapsulate as view
    • Add surrogate key
    • Replace one-to-many relationships with associative table
    • Change parameters
    • Find unused variables and parameters
  • Support for SQL Server Denali

Other new features:
  • Improved performance:
    • Up to five times faster query execution
    • Up to 7.5 times faster auto-complete
  • Object schema and description are shown in the auto-complete pick-list
  • Full support and version control integration for all SQL 2005 and SQL 2008 object types


  • "ApexSQL Edit 2011 is all about increasing SQL developers' productivity - with better performance, faster and smarter auto-completion and brand new code formatting and refactoring features!"
    Brian Lockwood
    President

    "And may I say, AWESOME Product!! ApexSQL Edit handles my large tables just as well as my small ones and combined with its easy to use interface, this product is a no brainer to help increase our productivity. Thanks for the sweet product at a great price!"
    Mike Davies
    Database developer
    Diligenz Inc.

    For more information visit the ApexSQL Edit product home

    About ApexSQL
    ApexSQL is a leading vendor of tools for Microsoft SQL Server. ApexSQL products help SQL Server developers and DBAs accomplish complex tasks quickly, easily and accurately, including database auditing, recovery, change management, development, documentation and more. Headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, ApexSQL is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and has over 8,000 customers in over 120 countries worldwide.

    Press contact:
    Venijamin Zivkovic, (919) 968-8444, venijamin.zivkovic@apexsql.com

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    Product Update Alert - ApexSQL Edit 2011

    ApexSQL Edit 2011 has been released

    Type: New version
    Description: Huge performance improvements. Redesigned auto-complete. New formatting engine with 160 formatting options. New refactors added: 'Encapsulate as View', 'Add surrogate key', 'Replace One-to-Many Relationships with Associative Table', 'Change Parameters' and 'Find Unused Variables and Parameters'. Full support and SC integration for all SQL 2005 and SQL 2008 object types. SQL Server Denali support

    Use the following link for downloading

    See also:
    What's new
    Release notes

    Found a bug?
    We encourage and reward evaluator feedback with our ApexSQL VIP and ApexSQL Top Gun programs.
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    ApexSQL spreads the holidays’ cheer: 20% off on ApexSQL Universal Studio

    Save an unbelievable 96% on all the tools your SQL developers will ever need with our 20% rebate on ApexSQL Universal Studio!
    And, that’s not all – additional quantity discounts apply! This offer is valid through December, 31 2011. Christmas has surely come early this year!

    For more information on this incredible offer contact our Sales department

    Happy holidays from ApexSQL!

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    Press Release - ApexSQL Log 2011 released – SQL Denali support, improved performance and scalability

    RALEIGH – December 16, 2011 - ApexSQL, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and leading provider of Microsoft SQL Server solutions, today announced the release of ApexSQL Log 2011. The new version features full SQL Server Denali support and includes outstanding performance and scalability improvements as well as many other new features


    ApexSQL Log 2011 includes the following new features and improvements:
    • Improved performance – up to 40% faster auditing
    • A new 64-bit architecture
    • Improved stability and memory management when auditing transaction logs larger than 2 GB
    • Support for SQL Server Denali

    Other new features:
    • Support for SQL Denali DDL operations:
      • CREATE/ALTER/DROP SEQUENCE
      • CREATE/ALTER/DROP TABLE AS FILETABLE
      • CREATE/DROP COLUMNSTORE INDEX
    • Auditing, replaying or reverting changes:
      • affecting compressed and SPARSE columns
      • affecting vardecimal objects
      • made by SELECT INTO statements
    • Improved usability of key dialogs


    “With ApexSQL Log 2011 there is virtually no limit to the physical size of the transaction logs you want to audit, and it does it considerably faster too”

    Brian Lockwood
    President

    "...as an insurance policy against accidental SQL data deletion, etc ... I am very pleased to say that the ApexSQL Log Tool has exceeded our expectations and I now consider it a necessity when working with SQL databases"
    Craig Hatley
    Director of Operations
    Iatric Systems, Inc.

    For more information visit the ApexSQL Log product home

    About ApexSQL
    ApexSQL is a leading vendor of tools for Microsoft SQL Server. ApexSQL products help SQL Server developers and DBAs accomplish complex tasks quickly, easily and accurately, including database auditing, recovery, change management, development, documentation and more. Headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, ApexSQL is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and has over 8,000 customers in over 120 countries worldwide.

    Press contact:
    Venijamin Zivkovic, 919.968.8444, venijamin.zivkovic@apexsql.com

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    Product Update Alert - ApexSQL Log 2011

    ApexSQL Log 2011 has been released

    Type: New version
    Description: Improved performance and scalability. Native x64 support. Additional support for SQL Server objects, operations and data types. Full SQL Denali support

    Use the following link for downloading

    See also:
    What's new
    Release notes

    Found a bug?
    We encourage and reward evaluator feedback with our ApexSQL VIP and ApexSQL Top Gun programs.
    Send an email to support@apexsql.com or post on the Support forum

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    Press Release - ApexSQL Doc 2011 released – SQL Denali support, improved performance and documentation

    RALEIGH – December 16, 2011 - ApexSQL, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and leading provider of Microsoft SQL Server solutions, today announced the release of ApexSQL Doc 2011. The new version features full SQL Server Denali support and includes performance and documentation improvements


    ApexSQL Doc 2011 includes the following new features and improvements:
    • Improved performance – up to 35% faster documenting
    • More accurate dependencies without performance intensive analysis
    • Support for SQL Server Denali

    Other new features:
    • Documenting SQL Denali objects:
      • Sequences
      • Search property lists
      • File tables
    • Graphical dependencies now include:
      • Users
      • Rules
      • Schemas
      • Asymmetric keys
      • Symmetric keys
      • Certificates
      • Fulltext stoplists
    • Including additional information in the documentation


    “When migrating you environment to a new SQL Server version the documentation is among the first things that can get left behind, just when you need it the most. ApexSQL Doc 2011 allows you to migrate your documentation seamlessly and creates it even faster than before!”

    Brian Lockwood
    President

    "In my opinion ApexSQL Doc is by far and away the best SQL Server documentation tool available!"

    Peter Ward
    Chief Technical Architect
    WARDY IT Solutions

    For more information visit the ApexSQL Doc product home

    About ApexSQL
    ApexSQL is a leading vendor of tools for Microsoft SQL Server. ApexSQL products help SQL Server developers and DBAs accomplish complex tasks quickly, easily and accurately, including database auditing, recovery, change management, development, documentation and more. Headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, ApexSQL is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and has over 8,000 customers in over 120 countries worldwide.

    Press contact:
    Venijamin Zivkovic, 919.968.8444, venijamin.zivkovic@apexsql.com

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    Product Update Alert - ApexSQL Doc 2011

    ApexSQL Doc 2011 has been released

    Type: New version
    Description: Performance improvements. Full SQL Denali support

    Use the following link for downloading

    See also:
    What's new
    Release notes

    Found a bug?
    We encourage and reward evaluator feedback with our ApexSQL VIP and ApexSQL Top Gun programs.
    Send an email to support@apexsql.com or post on the Support forum

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    Product Update Alert - ApexSQL Log API 2011

    ApexSQL Log API 2011 has been released

    Type: New version
    Description: Improved performance and scalability. Native x64 support. Additional support for SQL Server objects, operations and data types. Full SQL Denali support

    Use the following link for downloading

    See also:
    Release notes

    Found a bug?
    We encourage and reward evaluator feedback with our ApexSQL VIP and ApexSQL Top Gun programs.
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    Press Release - ApexSQL Data Diff 2011 released – SQL Denali support, improved performance and scalability

    RALEIGH – December 14, 2011 - ApexSQL, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and leading provider of Microsoft SQL Server solutions, today announced the release of ApexSQL Data Diff 2011. The new version features full SQL Server Denali support and includes performance and scalability improvements as well as other new features


    ApexSQL Data Diff 2011 includes the following new features and improvements:
    • Improved performance – up to 90% faster comparisons and up to 45% faster synchronization script generation
    • A new 64-bit architecture
    • Improved stability and memory management when comparing data sources larger than 2 GB
    • Support for SQL Server Denali

    Other new features:
    • Direct backup to database synchronization
    • Synchronization wizard enhancements
    • Additional support for SQL server data types


    “We've created ApexSQL Data Diff 2011 to help you migrate ALL of your data, regardless of its size, to SQL Server Denali as quickly as possible”

    Brian Lockwood
    President

    "...ApexSQL DataDiff allowed us to proof test the automation of a ETL process against the long standing manual process that was in use in production, and when that system goes into full production, will save our company hundreds of thousands of dollars over the next few years, and millions in the years to come."

    William E. Saxon, Jr.
    IT Consultant - Application Development
    Nationwide Better Health

    For more information visit the ApexSQL Data Diff product home

    About ApexSQL
    ApexSQL is a leading vendor of tools for Microsoft SQL Server. ApexSQL products help SQL Server developers and DBAs accomplish complex tasks quickly, easily and accurately, including database auditing, recovery, change management, development, documentation and more. Headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, ApexSQL is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and has over 8,000 customers in over 120 countries worldwide.

    Press contact:
    Venijamin Zivkovic, 919.968.8444, venijamin.zivkovic@apexsql.com

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    Product Update Alert - ApexSQL Data Diff 2011

    ApexSQL Data Diff 2011 has been released

    Type: New version
    Description: Performance improvements. Full SQL Denali support

    Use the following link for downloading

    See also:
    What's new
    Release notes

    Found a bug?
    We encourage and reward evaluator feedback with our ApexSQL VIP and ApexSQL Top Gun programs.
    Send an email to support@apexsql.com or post on the Support forum

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    Top Guns for November 2011 announced

    We’ve announced the Top Gun for November 2011:

    #1 Troy Stauffer
    #2 Paulo Morgado
    #3 Anthony Simon

    Congratulations to all winners.

    Check out the Top Gun prizes and previous winners list.

    How can I become a VIP?
    We encourage and reward community feedback with our ApexSQL VIP and ApexSQL Top Gun programs.

    If you find bugs in our software, including new betas, or take the time to help other posters on our forum, you’ll be credited with points towards our VIP program that can earn gear (i.e. t-shirts), cash and VIP recognition.

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    Top Guns for October 2011 announced

    We’ve announced the Top Gun for October 2011:

    #1 Troy Stauffer
    #2 Paulo Morgado
    #3 John Morrelles

    Congratulations to all winners.

    Check out the Top Gun prizes and previous winners list.

    How can I become a VIP?
    We encourage and reward community feedback with our ApexSQL VIP and ApexSQL Top Gun programs.

    If you find bugs in our software, including new betas, or take the time to help other posters on our forum, you’ll be credited with points towards our VIP program that can earn gear (i.e. t-shirts), cash and VIP recognition.

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    Press Release - ApexSQL Script 2011 released – Easier scripting and SQL Denali support

    RALEIGH – October 27, 2011 - ApexSQL, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and leading provider of Microsoft SQL Server solutions, today announced the release of ApexSQL Script 2011. The new version includes SQL Server Denali support, a redesigned interface, visual filtering and many new features.


    ApexSQL Script 2011 includes the following new features and improvements:

    • Support for SQL Server Denali
    • Totally redesigned interface for improved usability
    • A new visual object filter

    Other new features:

    • Easier project management
    • Faster and easier script creation
    • Streamlined, descriptive options

    "Great tool - we use ApexSQL Script for every production build at our company and it is a key component of our build process."

    Max Pilipis
    Sr. Software Engineer
    Academic Management Services

    "This is the best program for managing data transfers from my dev server to the production server, since i do not have direct access to the same SQL tools onto the server...GOOD WORK!"

    Justin Daniels
    Origin Seminars

    For more information visit the ApexSQL Script product home

    About ApexSQL
    ApexSQL is a leading vendor of tools for Microsoft SQL Server. ApexSQL products help SQL Server developers and DBAs accomplish complex tasks quickly, easily and accurately, including database auditing, recovery, change management, development, documentation and more. Headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, ApexSQL is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and has over 8,000 customers in over 120 countries worldwide.

    Press contact:
    Venijamin Zivkovic, 919.968.8444, venijamin.zivkovic@apexsql.com

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    Product Update Alert - ApexSQL Script 2011

    ApexSQL Script 2011 has been released

    Type: New version
    Description: Performance improvements. Redesigned interface. Full SQL Denali support

    See also:
    What's new
    Release notes

    Found a bug?
    We encourage and reward evaluator feedback with our ApexSQL VIP and ApexSQL Top Gun programs.
    Send an email to support@apexsql.com or post on the Support forum

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    Press Release - ApexSQL Recover 2011 released – Direct-to-database recovery, improved performance and scalability

    RALEIGH – October 21, 2011 - ApexSQL, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and leading provider of Microsoft SQL Server solutions, today announced the release of ApexSQL Recover 2011. The new version allows you to recover directly to database and includes outstanding performance and scalability improvements, a redesigned interface, and many new features


    ApexSQL Recover 2011 includes the following new features and improvements:

    • Improved performance – up to 10 times faster recovery
    • A new 64-bit architecture
    • Direct to database recovery
    • Support for SQL Server Denali

    Other new features:

    • Extracting online BLOBs as data files
    • Redesigned interface for improved usability
    • Restoring data from compressed and SPARSE columns

    “ApexSQL Recover 2011 has been engineered to salvage more than your data; it can cut your downtime costs tenfold!”

    Brian Lockwood
    President

    "Just wanted to say thank you again. Did the recovery and it went very smooth! You guys rock!"

    Robert Mann
    IT Director
    Weeks Roses

    For more information visit the ApexSQL Recover product home

    About ApexSQL
    ApexSQL is a leading vendor of tools for Microsoft SQL Server. ApexSQL products help SQL Server developers and DBAs accomplish complex tasks quickly, easily and accurately, including database auditing, recovery, change management, development, documentation and more. Headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, ApexSQL is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and has over 8,000 customers in over 120 countries worldwide.

    Press contact:
    Venijamin Zivkovic, 919.968.8444, venijamin.zivkovic@apexsql.com

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    Press Release - ApexSQL Clean 2011 released – New features, improved performance and interface

    RALEIGH – October 21, 2011 - ApexSQL, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and leading provider of Microsoft SQL Server solutions, today announced the release of ApexSQL Clean 2011. The new version includes significant performance improvements, a redesigned interface, and many new features.


    ApexSQL Clean 2011 includes the following new features and improvements:

    • Improved performance – up to 90% faster dependency analysis
    • Support for SQL Server Denali
    • Totally redesigned interface for improved usability

    Other new features:

    • Easier project management
    • Faster and easier clean-up script creation
    • Streamlined, descriptive options

    “ApexSQL Clean 2011 was not only made to speed up your database analysis and maintenance; it was created to make them SQL Server Denali compliant as well!”

    Brian Lockwood
    President

    "APEX SQL Clean did work quite well for me and definitely solved a major problem for my client. I currently have it listed as "My new favorite utility" and have told several people about it."

    Ron Patrick
    President
    NTSG

    For more information visit the ApexSQL Clean product home

    About ApexSQL
    ApexSQL is a leading vendor of tools for Microsoft SQL Server. ApexSQL products help SQL Server developers and DBAs accomplish complex tasks quickly, easily and accurately, including database auditing, recovery, change management, development, documentation and more. Headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, ApexSQL is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and has over 8,000 customers in over 120 countries worldwide.

    Press contact:
    Venijamin Zivkovic, 919.968.8444, venijamin.zivkovic@apexsql.com

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    Product Update Alert - ApexSQL Recover 2011

    ApexSQL Recover 2011 has been released

    Type: New version
    Description: Direct-to-database recovery and new recovery options. Native x64 support. Redesigned interface. Additional (CTP3) SQL Denali support, performance and quality improvements

    See also
    What's new
    Release notes

    Found a bug?
    We encourage and reward evaluator feedback with our ApexSQL VIP and ApexSQL Top Gun programs.
    Send an email to support@apexsql.com or post on the Support Forum

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    Product Update Alert - ApexSQL Clean 2011

    ApexSQL Clean 2011 has been released

    Type: New version
    Description: Improved performance. Easier clean-up script generation. Interface enhancements. Additional (CTP3) SQL Denali support

    See also
    What's new
    Release notes

    Found a bug?
    We encourage and reward evaluator feedback with our ApexSQL VIP and ApexSQL Top Gun programs.
    Send an email to support@apexsql.com or post on the Support Forum

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    Top Guns for September 2011 announced

    We’ve announced the Top Gun for September 2011:

    #1 Troy Stauffer
    #2 John Saunders
    #3 Rick Wassum

    Congratulations to all winners.

    Check out the Top Gun prizes and previous winners list.

    How can I become a VIP?
    We encourage and reward community feedback with our ApexSQL VIP and ApexSQL Top Gun programs.

    If you find bugs in our software, including new betas, or take the time to help other posters on our forum, you’ll be credited with points towards our VIP program that can earn gear (i.e. t-shirts), cash and VIP recognition.

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    Sneak Peek - ApexSQL Complete 2011 – Automatic SQL completion and other productivity enhancing features available as SSMS or VS add-in

    ApexSQL, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and leading provider of Microsoft SQL Server solutions is proud to announce ApexSQL Complete 2011. This brand new add-in seamlessly integrates with SQL Server Management Studio and Visual Studio and, among other features, includes enhanced auto-completion, visual identification of unused parameters and variables, auto-replacements, templates and many more productivity boosters.

    Here’s a preview of what’s coming in this new release:
    1. SQL code auto-complete
    2. Browsable auto-complete pick list
    3. Auto-complete object details
    4. Unused parameters and variables highlighting
    5. Syntax error highlighting
    6. Identifier bracketing
    7. Auto-replacements
    8. Snippets
    9. Support for SQL Server Denali, 2008 R2, 2008, 2005, and 2000

    Let’s take a quick look at these new features:

    SQL code auto-complete
    Auto-complete will allow you to automatically fill in SQL keywords, database, schema, object, parameter and variable names


    Browsable auto-complete pick list
    The browsable pick list will enable you to complete entire SQL fragments, such as JOIN statements or cross-database queries, in a single click


    Auto-complete object details
    No more need to backtrack to check the object’s definition or description – auto-complete will instantly provide you with both


    Unused parameters and variables highlighting
    Clean up your code by identifying and removing parameters and variables that aren’t used


    Syntax error highlighting
    Automatically identify and highlight any syntax error within the code


    Identifier bracketing
    Quickly locate identifiers automatically enclosing them in brackets


    Auto-replacements
    Define cues which will be replaced with entire formatted SQL code fragments automatically


    Snippets
    Jump-start code writing with the built-in snippet library covering the most popular SQL constructs. Save the syntax of various SQL statements as snippets to reuse them at a later time.


    Support for SQL Server Denali, 2008 R2, 2008, 2005, and 2000
    Full support for SQL Server Denali, 2008 R2, 2008, 2005, and 2000 data types and enhancements
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    Top Guns for August 2011 announced

    We’ve announced the Top Gun for August 2011:

    #1 Troy Stauffer
    #2 Louis Rivers
    #3 Claude Herbert

    Congratulations to all winners.

    Check out the Top Gun prizes and previous winners list.

    How can I become a VIP?
    We encourage and reward community feedback with our ApexSQL VIP and ApexSQL Top Gun programs.

    If you find bugs in our software, including new betas, or take the time to help other posters on our forum, you’ll be credited with points towards our VIP program that can earn gear (i.e. t-shirts), cash and VIP recognition.

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    Product Update Alert - ApexSQL Edit 2011 Beta 4

    ApexSQL Edit 2011.01 Beta version 4 has been released.

    Use the following link for downloading.

    What's New
    - 26 issues fixed
    - Up to five times faster query processing
    - Up to 50% increase in Schema Explorer and Object Explorer responsiveness as well as auto-complete's performance
    - SQL Server Denali CTP 1 support
    - Full support for all SQL 2005 and SQL 2008 object types in Schema Explorer and Object Explorer
    - Full Source Control integration of all SQL 2005 and SQL 2008 object types
    - Full source control integration for all object types
    - Customizable behavior of the DDL hint in auto-complete
    and more...

    Click here for more details.

    How to keep ApexSQL Edit 2008
    To keep both ApexSQL Edit 2008 and ApexSQL Edit 2011 versions on your machine, install ApexSQL Edit 2011 in a different folder.

    How to use ApexSQL Edit 2008 settings in ApexSQL Edit 2011
    To transfer the ApexSQL Edit 2008 settings to ApexSQL Edit 2011, follow the steps discussed in this Knowledge Base article: How to use the application settings created in ApexSQL Edit 2008 with ApexSQL Edit 2011?

    Found a bug?
    We encourage and reward evaluator feedback with our ApexSQL VIP and ApexSQL Top Gun programs.
    Send an email to support@apexsql.com or post on the Support Forum

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    Top Guns for July 2011 announced

    We’ve announced the Top Gun for July 2011:

    #1 Troy Stauffer
    #2 Paulo Morgado
    #3 Louis Rivers

    Congratulations to all winners.

    Check out the Top Gun prizes and previous winners list.

    How can I become a VIP?
    We encourage and reward community feedback with our ApexSQL VIP and ApexSQL Top Gun programs.

    If you find bugs in our software, including new betas, or take the time to help other posters on our forum, you’ll be credited with points towards our VIP program that can earn gear (i.e. t-shirts), cash and VIP recognition.

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    Product Update Alert - ApexSQL Diff 2011

    A Major Feature, Medium Fix Release ApexSQL Diff 2011 has been released.

    Use the following link for downloading.

    Here are the complete release notes for the new version.
    Auto-updater will work on this version.

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    Press Release - ApexSQL Diff 2011 Released – SQL Denali support and improved performance

    RALEIGH – July 7, 2011 - ApexSQL, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and leading provider of Microsoft SQL Server solutions, today announced the release of ApexSQL Diff 2011. The new version includes SQL Server Denali support and big performance improvements.


    ApexSQL Diff 2011 includes the following new features and improvements:

    • Improved performance – 8 times faster in some cases
    • Support for SQL Server Denali

    Other new features
    • Improved Source Control integration
    • Enhanced dialogs

    “We’ve created ApexSQL Diff 2011 to make your transition to SQL Server 2011 (Denali) easier, and a LOT faster!”

    Brian Lockwood
    President

    "I had never used ApexSQL Diff before and in 5 minutes I had my scripts ready to upgrade my other database with both new objects and data. ApexSQL Diff was very intuitive to use and worked like a charm. I can't believe how much time I wasted previously generating upgrade scripts by hand."

    Tempe Lampe
    Development Manager
    Water & Gas AMI Solutions


    For more information visit the ApexSQL Diff Product Home

    About ApexSQL
    ApexSQL is a leading vendor of tools for Microsoft SQL Server. ApexSQL products help SQL Server developers and DBAs accomplish complex tasks quickly, easily and accurately, including Database Auditing, Recover, Change Management, Development, Documentation and more. Headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, ApexSQL is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and has over 8,000 customers in over 120 countries worldwide.

    Press contact:
    Venijamin Zivkovic, 919.968.8444, venijamin.zivkovic@apexsql.com

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