dbForge Studio for SQL Server v4.0 release notes

Last modified: May 28, 2025

Administration

• Profile Server Events Wizard

SQL Editing and Execution

• T-SQL Analyzer
• Command line interface for SQL formatting
• Changing a snippets folder location
• Query execution pane
• Easy way to hide results
• Encoding switch in the /execute command line operation
• MERGE statement support (syntax checking, formatting)
• Phrase completion
• Updated Find&Replace feature in documents and files
• Completion list support
• Statements formatting support

Database Explorer

• Alternative ways to create a new object
• Generate Script As shortcut menu item for check and default constraints
• Sending objects to a database diagram
• Renaming columns and indexes
• Displaying the objects number

Security Manager

• Creating new schemas and displaying all existing ones

Object Editors

• Completely redesigned Index Editor
• Updated Check Constraint Editor
• Updated Database Editor
• Support of user types when working with tables

Schema Compare

• Custom mapping for objects by their names
• Updated Synchronization Wizard
• sp_refreshview option

Data Compare

• Ignore difference in end_of_string option
• Show white spaces option
• Ignore computed columns option

Data Report

• Support of command line interface

Query Profiler

• Diagram printing options for a Query Profiler Plan Diagram

Data Editor

• Data Viewer and Data Editor are in one control

Data Export and Import

• Updated Import and Export Wizard

Generate Script

• SQL Azure support

Other Features and Improvements

• Online documentation
• Support of multiple monitors
• Modeless Create Schema Snapshot and Data Report Wizard windows
• Improved application performance when executing a query, opening a table, designing a diagram, and building a query in the Query Builder