I’d like to introduce some utilities that I wrote to help SQL Server developers that I’m calling “Shovel”. You can install it by going to the Microsoft Store or by downloading a ZIP.
In version 1, there are two collections of features: Database Schema Search and Data Export. I’ve created a couple of videos to give you a tour of the features.
- Search Schema Search Features (video tour)
- Find Text Anywhere
- Search by Table Name
- Search by Column Name
- Search by Stored Procedure Name
- Search by Stored Procedure Parameter Name
- Search by Stored Procedure Code
- View Table Description
- View Stored Procedure Code
- Data Export Features (video tour)
- Export Query Results as INSERT script
- Export Query Results as IDENTITY INSERT script
- Export Query as MERGE INTO script (aka. UPDATE script)
Search by Table Name 
Search by Column Name 
Find Stored Procedures by Source Code 
Find Text Anywhere in the Database 
Export Data using a SQL Query 
Administer Database Connections
I hope you like it and find it useful. If you have suggestions for new features or run into problems with Shovel, please let me know.
-Ben
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