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ApexSQL Search FAQ

General

For a list of general FAQs about ApexSQL add-ins, please see ApexSQL add-ins general FAQs

SSMS and Visual Studio support

Renaming

Yes, you can generate a preview and see exactly what will be executed

Yes, you can rename tables, procedures, views, functions, parameters and columns without breaking any dependencies

For more information on this feature, please refer to: How to change an object name without breaking your SQL database

No. Safe rename works on object names only and only one object at a time. Other strings that are found, besides object names, can’t be replaced within the tool

For an example of how to replace all strings in a database with another string see the article Overview of the SQL REPLACE function

Extended property editor

Yes, ApexSQL Search has the Extended property editor feature which allows to quick review, edit or add a new description for SQL Server database object:

Extend Property editor

For more information on this feature, please refer to: How to use the ApexSQL Search extended property editor