Overview of Visual Database Tools
You can access Microsoft Visual Database Tools from your development environment to help create and manage data-driven applications.
The Visual Database Tools let you connect to a database and view and manipulate its structure and data. There are five tools in this tool set, each providing its own set of features.
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| Visual Database Tools works best with Microsoft SQL Server databases. If you are not using a Microsoft SQL Server database some features may not be available. This version of Visual Database Tools does not support Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and earlier. |
For information on which features are available in your edition of Visual Studio, and for your database management system, see Visual Database Tools Editions.
In This Section
- What's New in Visual Database Tools
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Describes new and improved features of Visual Database Tools.
- Visual Database Tools Editions
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Describes which features are available for each edition of Visual Studio. Also describes which features are available for different database management systems.
- Work You Can Do With the Visual Database Tools
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Learn how Visual Database Tools can help you design, query, and manage your database.
Reference
- Reference (Visual Database Tools)
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Provides links to general reference topics covering queries, operators, search conditions, specific DBMS requirements, user interface reference topics, and error message topics.
