SSMS Tools Pack 2.5.3 is out with bug fixes and improved licensing.

Licensing for SSMS Tools Pack 2.5 has been quite a hit and I received some awesome feedback.
The version 2.5.3 contains a few bug fixes and desired licensing improvements.
Changes include more licensing options, prices in Euros because of book keeping reasons (don't you just love those :))
and generally easier purchase and licensing process for users.

Licensing now offers four options:

Per machine license. (€25)
Perfect if you do all your work from a single machine.
Plus one OS reinstall activation.

Personal license (€75)
Up to 4 machine activations.
Plus 2 OS reinstall activations and
any number of virtual machine activations.

Team license (€240)
Up to 10 machine activations.
Plus 4 OS reinstall activations and
any number of virtual machine activations.

Enterprise license (€350+)
For more than 10 machine activations
any number of virtual machine activations.

30 days license.
Time based demo license bound to a machine.

You can view all the details on the Licensing page.

If you want to receive email notifications when new version of SSMS Tools Pack is out you can do that on the Main page or on the Download page.

Version 2.7 is expected in the first half of February and won't support SSMS 2005 and 2005 Express anymore.

Enjoy it!

Posted on: 2012-12-14 12:00:00

SSMS Tools Pack 2.5 is out. Added support for SQL Server 2012.

Because I wanted to make SSMS Tools Pack as solid as possible for SSMS 2012 there are no new features only bug fixes and speed improvements.

I am planning new awesome features for the next version so be on the lookout.

The biggest change is that SSMS Tools Pack for SSMS 2012 is no longer free. For previous SSMS versions it is still free.

Licensing now offers following options:

Per machine license. ($29.99)
Perfect if you do all your work from a single machine.
This license is valid per major release of SSMS Tools Pack
(e.g. v2.x, v3.x, v4.x).

Fully transferable license valid for 3 months. ($99.99)
Perfect for work across many machines.
It's not bound to a machine or an SSMS Tools Pack version.

30 days license.
Time based demo license bound to a machine.

You can view all the details on the Licensing page.

If you want to receive email notifications when new version of SSMS Tools Pack is out you can do that on the Main page or on the Download page.

This is also the last version to support SSMS 2005 and 2005 Express.

Enjoy it!

Posted on: 2012-09-18 00:00:00

SSMS Tools Pack 2.1.0 is out. Added support for SQL Server 2012 RC0.

This version adds support for SQL Server 2012 RC0 and fixes a few bugs with SQL History.

Because of the support for regions in SSMS 2012 the regions and debug sections feature has been removed from SSMS Tools Pack for SQL Server 2012.

The feature is still available for previous SSMS versions.

Posted on: 2011-12-01 21:00:00

SSMS Tools Pack won the SQL Magazine bronze award for best free tool of 2011

SSMS Tools Pack has won the SQL Magazine bronze award for best free tool of 2011. You can view all the details at the SQL Server Magazine Award page.

Thanx to all the people who voted for it. I'm glad you all like it and use it with great success.

Posted on: 2011-12-01 21:00:00

SSMS Tools Pack 2.0.4 is out. Fix for crashing SQL Prompt 4.

This version fixes a problem with SQL Prompt 4 had with SSMS Tools Pack that made SQL Prompt 4 crash. I've worked around the SQL Prompt bug and now they play along nicely.

Posted on: 2011-10-04 15:00:00

SSMS Tools Pack 2.0.3 is out. Varios bug fixes people reported.

This version various bug people have reported and makes some UI changes. The Search grid results button is now in the grid results context menu. The text for the Show/Hide Execution Plan Analyzer has changed.

Tab Sessions are now saved and restored per logged in user. However the Tab Session History still shows sessions from all users.

Posted on: 2011-10-03 00:00:00

SSMS Tools Pack 2.0.2 is out. Bug fixes for SSMS 2005 and 2005 Express version.

SSMS Tools Pack update that fixes a corrupt memory bug in SSMS 2005 and 2005 Express versions.

Posted on: 2011-09-25 21:00:00

SSMS Tools Pack 2.0.1 is out. This version fixes the SSMS crashing bug.

SSMS Tools Pack update that fixes the SSMS crashing bug if SSMS is idle for more than 10 minutes.

Also a "Show/Hide Execution Plan Analyzer" button has been added to the toolbar.

Posted on: 2011-09-25 17:00:00

SSMS Tools Pack 2.0 stability update

A few people reported frequent SSMS crashing after installing SSMS Tools Pack 2.0. I'm working on fixing this bug but for now the workaround is to disable Tab Session saving in SQL History Options under Window Content and Tab Session Saving tab

Posted on: 2011-09-23 00:00:00

SSMS Tools Pack 2.0 is out! With huge productivity booster features that will blow your mind and ease your job even more.

What better way to end the summer and start those productive autumn days ahead than with a fresh new version of the SSMS Tools Pack.

This is a big release with two new features that are huge productivity boosters.

First new feature are Tab Sessions. Every SQL tab you open is saved every N (default 2) minutes and is stored in a session. This works similar to internet browser sessions. Once you reopen SSMS you can restores your last session with a click of a button. You even get every window connected to the server it was previously connected to. The Tab History Window looks like this:

The second feature is Execution Plan Analyzer. It is designed to quickly help you find costliest operators by a number of properties. If that's not enough you can easily search through the whole execution planfor whatever you like.
And to top it off you can auto analyze the execution plan. The analysis reports various problems the execution plan has and suggests a most common solution. The ultimate purpose of the Execution Plan Analyzer is to make your troubleshooting quicker and easier. It uses a simple user interface that is easy to navigate and is built directly into the execution plan itself.

Smaller fixes include a completely redesigned SQL History Search window and various other bug fixes.

You can download the new version 2.0 at the Download page.

Also available with the download is a free trial of SQL Source Control from Red Gate Software. This SSMS plug-in connects your existing source control system to SQL Server in less than 5 minutes.

For more detailed feature descriptions go to the main Features Page.

Enjoy it!

Posted on: 2011-09-21 12:00:00

SSMS Tools Pack 1.9.4 is out! Now with SQL Server Denali CTP1 support.

To end the year on a good note this release adds support for SQL Server Denali CTP1 and fixes a few bugs.

Because of the new shell the SSMS Tools Pack for SQL Denali CTP1 version doesn't have regions and debug sections functionality for now.

The fixed bugs are:

  • A bug that prevented to create insert statements for a database
  • A bug that didn't script commas as decimal points correctly for non US settings.
  • A bug with searching through grid results.
  • A threading bug that sometimes happened when saving Window Content History.
  • A bug with Window Connection Coloring throwing an error on startup if a server color was undefined.
  • A bug with changing shortcuts in SSMS for various features.

You can download the new version 1.9.4 here.

Enjoy it!

Posted on: 2010-12-28 12:00:00

SSMS Tools Pack won the SQL Magazine silver award for best free tool of 2010

SSMS Tools Pack has won the SQL Magazine silver award for best free tool of 2010. You can view all the details at the SQL Server Magazine Award page.

Thanx to all the people who voted for it. I'm glad you all like it and use it with great success.

Posted on: 2010-11-24 12:00:00

SSMS Tools Pack 1.9.3 is out!

This release adds a great new feature and fixes a few bugs

The new feature called Window Content History saves the whole text in all all opened SQL windows every N minutes with the default being 30 minutes. This feature fixes the shortcoming of the Query Execution History which is saved only when the query is run. If you're working on a large script and never execute it, the existing Query Execution History wouldn't save it. By contrast the Window Content History saves everything in a .sql file so you can even open it in your SSMS. The Query Execution History and Window Content History files are correlated by the same directory and file name so when you search through the Query Execution History you get to see the whole saved Window Content History for that query. Because Window Content History saves data in simple searchable .sql files there isn't a special search editor built in. It is turned ON by default but despite the built in optimizations for space minimization, be careful to not let it fill your disk. You can see how it looks in the pictures in the feature list.

The fixed bugs are:

  • SSMS 2008 R2 slowness reported by few people.
  • An object explorer context menu bug where it showed multiple SSMS Tools entries and showed wrong entries for a node.
  • A datagrid bug in SQL snippets.
  • Ability to read illegal XML characters from log files.
  • Fixed the upper limit bug of a saved history text to 5 MB.
  • A bug when searching through result sets prevents search.
  • A bug with Text formatting erroring out for certain scripts.
  • A bug with finding servers where it would return null even though servers existed.
  • Run custom scripts objects had a bug where |SchemaName| didn't display the correct table schema for columns. This is fixed. Also |NodeName| and |ObjectName| values now show the same thing.

 

You can download the new version 1.9.3 here.

Enjoy it!

Posted on: 2010-11-09 12:00:00

SSMS Tools Pack 1.9 is out!

This is a release that fixes all known bugs. If you encounter any new ones don’t hesitate to report them. :)

The main feature list hasn’t changed.

A few improvements have been made though:

Save SQL Snippets to HTML and/or print them directly from SSMS.

In Window Connection Coloring the server names can now be regular expressions giving you the ability to color multiple servers with the same color.

Here’s a blog from David Levy (Blog|Twitter) about the new window connection coloring using regular expression and why is it really useful to him. Thanx for kind words Dave.

 

You can download the new version 1.9 here.

Enjoy it!

Posted on: 2010-08-24 12:00:00

SSMS Tools Pack 1.8 is out!

This is a release that fixes all known major bugs and most of the minor ones.

The main feature list hasn’t changed.

The only addition is the ability to export and import only SQL snippets .

Before you could only export/import all settings which included the snippets.

You can download the new version here .

Enjoy it!

Posted on: 2010-05-03 12:00:00

SSMS Tools Pack 1.7.5.1 is out. Bug fixes for my international users.

Due to a bug i haven’t anticipated, a whole load of users with non English SSMS couldn’t install the latest SSMS Tools Pack 1.7.

The SSMS Tools Pack 1.7.5.1 fixes this as well as 1 other major bug that was reported and 3 smaller ones.

The feature list hasn’t changed.

You can simply reinstall 1.7.5.1 over the 1.7.0.0.

If you’re still on 1.5 or less then you’ll have to manually uninstall it and install 1.7.5.1.

You can download the new version here.

Hopefully this will bring back joy to everyone :)

Posted on: 2009-11-03 12:00:00

SSMS Tools Pack 1.7 is out

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, the STP is back to rock your world!

The new feature is SQL Snippets to speed up your development.


This new version brings one completely new option, full GUI redesign, completely rewritten installer, improved error handling and reporting, bug fixes and old features improvements.
Type in the assigned shortcut, press enter or tab and get the snippet you need.
It's quick, clean and saves time! 

Some of more visible improved features include:

SSMS 2008 R2 is supported but expect quirks in it due to the CTP status.

Due to a folder naming installer bug in version 1.5 please uninstall any and all previous versions before installing the 1.7 version.

Posted on: 2009-10-26 12:00:00

SSMS Tools Pack 1.5 is out

The new SSMS Tools Pack 1.5 is here!

This new version brings one completely new option and a few improved old ones.
The new feature is Window Connection Coloring.
It includes a colored strip indicator that can be docked to any side of the window.

Improved features include:



Posted on: 2009-02-09 12:00:00

SSMS Tools Pack 1.1 is out

The new SSMS Tools Pack 1.1 is here!

With this new version you can use it for Sql Server Management Studio 2008 and Sql Server Management Studio 2008 Express.

There are 2 new features.
1. Current window history is a dockable window that show queries executed in a currently active window. There is also a search box at the top that filters results as you type. Also the main Query History Log Viewer has been remodeled. I'm open to suggestions for further improvements.

2. Search through the Database Data. There are times when you'd like to find some value but can't remember in which table it is. Now you can easily do that.

The SSMS Tools Pack does NOT work for SSMS 2005 versions before SP2 anymore.

Posted on: 2008-10-06 12:00:00

Search for the SSMS Tools Pack logo!

Since i'm a bit graphicaly challenged :) I would like to turn to you dear reader to help me find a good logo for your favorite tool right here. Since this is a completely free product i'm not in a position to pay anything but i would be more than glad to splash your name with praise all over the front page.
Thanx for any and all input.

Posted on: 2008-10-06 12:00:00

SSMS Tools Pack 1.0 is out.

SSMS Tools Pack 1.0 is here!
It's out of beta and we have tons of features and improved functionality.
List of all features in version 1.0:

  • Uppercase/Lowercase keywords.
  • Run one script on multiple databases.
  • Copy execution plan bitmaps to clipboard.
  • Search Results in Grid Mode and Execution Plans.
  • Generate Insert statements for a single table, the whole database or current resultsets in grids.
  • Query Execution History (Soft Source Control).
  • Text document Regions and Debug sections.
  • Running custom scripts from Object explorer's Context menu.
  • CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) stored procedure generation.
  • New query template.

Posted on: 2008-05-01 12:00:00

SSMS Tools Pack RSS Feed has changed to feedburner.

SSMS Tools Pack RSS Feed has changed from
http://www.SSMSToolsPack.com/Rss.aspx
to
http://feeds.feedburner.com/SsmsToolsPack.
Please switch to the new feed.

Posted on: 2008-05-01 12:00:00

SSMS Tools Pack: 0.9.5 beta is out

New version of SSMS Tools Pack: 0.9.5 beta

Posted on: 2007-10-31 12:00:00

SSMS Tools Pack: 0.9.0 beta is out

New version of SSMS Tools Pack: 0.9.0 beta

Posted on: 2007-09-20 12:00:00