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The Step-by-step articles will show you how to use the various features of ApexSQL Tools.

Step-by-step

The following Step-by-step articles will demonstrate how to use some of the various features of ApexSQL tools.

ApexSQL Edit

Step-by-step 1: How to Profile a Procedure with ApexSQL Edit

  • Find your procedure's 5 slowest SQL statements.
  • Know how many times a statement was executed.
  • Know how much time needed to execute each statement.
  • Know all the values of your input parameters.

Step-by-step 2: How to Debug a Procedure using ApexSQL Edit

  • Single-step procedures.
  • Set breakpoints.
  • Examine local and global variables.

Step-by-step 3: How to Map a Database to a Source Control system using ApexSQL Edit

  • Selecting a Source Control system.
  • Defining Source Control system parameters.
  • Specifying a Working Folder and a Source Control project structures.
  • Selecting database objects that are to be added to a Source Control system.

ApexSQL Log

Step-by-step 1: Working with a SQL Server Transaction Log

  • View and filter your database's transaction log.
  • Generate and execute the Undo or Redo script of one or more transactions.
  • Verify successful execution of generated script.

ApexSQL Recover

Step-by-step 1: Dropped or Deleted Data Recovery

Recovery of data that was lost due to DELETE & DROP
  • Generate a script to recover data loss from delete or drop operations.
  • Specify availability of good quality data source.
  • Execute a recovery script.
  • Verify successful recovery.

Step-by-step 2: Recover Data Loss from Detached Databases

  • Generate a script to recover data loss from a detached database.
  • Execute a recovery script.
  • Verify successful recovery.

Step-by-step 3: Truncated Data Recovery

Recovery of data that was lost due to TRUNCATE
  • Generate a script to recover data loss from truncate table operations.
  • Execute a recovery script.
  • Verify successful recovery.

ApexSQL Diff

Step-by-step 1: Compare and Synchronize Structures with ApexSQL Diff

Compare and synchronize structures with ApexSQL Diff.

Step-by-step 2: Compare a Script Folder content with a Database using ApexSQL Diff

  • Exporting a database to a script folder,
  • Comparing a script folder with a database,
  • Synchronizing a database structure with a script folder.

Step-by-step 3: Compare a Source Control content with a Database using ApexSQL Diff

  • Exporting a database to a source control,
  • Comparing a source control with a database,
  • Synchronizing a database structure with a source control.

ApexSQL Data Diff

Step-by-step 1: Compare and Synchronize Data with ApexSQL Data Diff

Compare and synchronize data with ApexSQL Data Diff.

 

Step-by-step 2: Row Level Restore from backup file using ApexSQL Data Diff

Restoring rows from a database backup with ApexSQL Data Diff.

ApexSQL Doc

Step-by-step 1: Documenting your databases

  • Create a documentation project
  • Connect to a server
  • Select objects to a document
  • Specify documentation objects
  • Generate documentation

ApexSQL Audit

Step-by-step 1: Auditing a Database

  • Connect to a database server
  • Create the Audit plan
  • Script triggers
  • Generate Standard Report
  • Generate Aggregate Report

ApexSQL Enforce

Step-by-step 1: Executing a Rulebase in ApexSQL Enforce

  • Open a Rulebase
  • Execute the Rulebase
  • Review the Result Summary
  • Generate a report

ApexSQL Code

Step-by-step 1: Working with templates

  • Edit template properties
  • Test the template
  • Run the generated code
  • Review the output

ApexSQL Script

Step-by-step 1: Scripting a Database in ApexSQL Script

  • Database and Object selection
  • Launch Script Wizard
  • Select Output types
  • Creating the database script.

ApexSQL Report

Step-by-step 1: Create/run a new report from the newly added connection

  • Open the Connection Wizard
  • Add Connection
  • Open the Add/Edit Report Wizard
  • Report details and run report.

ApexSQL Refactor

Step-by-step 1: How to set up your code formatting options

  • Open ApexSQL Refactor's formatting dialog.
  • Configure formatting and placement for spaces, indentation, wrapping, cases, expressions, and more.
  • Save and share your formatting options.

Step-by-step 2: How to Format SQL Code in SQL Server Management Studio

  • Load saved formatting options.
  • Apply formatting to code.

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