SQL Server 7.0 Tools and UtilitiesFebruary 22, 2001 IntroductionSQL Server 7.0 provides many command-line and graphical tools and utilities that enhance the capabilities of the server and ease tuning and maintenance. Not all of these tools and utilities appear in Start menu, many of them don't have Start menu shortcuts. In this article, I want to tell you about these tools and utilities. SQL Server 7.0 Program GroupYou can see the most of the available tools in the SQL Server 7.0 program group in your Start menu. Click Start, Programs, Microsoft SQL Server 7.0.
This is the main group of tools and utilities you will work with when building database applications or when administering SQL Server 7.0. Books OnlineBooks Online - is an online access to the SQL Server documentation set. Books Online provides all documented information about all aspects of SQL Server working. The Books Online is a compiled set of HTML pages, so you should use Internet Explorer 4.01 with service pack 1 or later to view Books Online. Client Network UtilityClient Network Utility - is an utility, which sets the default Net-Library and server connection information on clients, and displays the DB-Library options. Enterprise ManagerEnterprise Manager - is a main graphical utility, which allows you to perform system administration tasks using a graphical interface. This utility is used for configure servers, manage databases and database objects, schedule events, configure and manage replication, and so on. Import and Export DataImport and Export Data - is the Data Transformation Services (DTS) Wizard. It is used to import and export data and objects between heterogeneous OLE DB and ODBC data sources. MSDTC Administrative ConsoleMSDTC Administrative Console - is a graphical utility, which lets you control and monitor distributed transactions. Performance MonitorPerformance Monitor - is the Windows NT Performance Monitor utility (perfmon.exe file) with integrated SQL Server counters. You can configure SQL Performance Monitor to display statistics about the number of Transact-SQL command batches executed per second, about the number of physical page reads per second, about the number of user connections and so on. This utility is not supported on the Windows 9x versions, and you can not see this item in the SQL Server 7.0 program group on the Windows 9x. ProfilerProfiler - is the SQL Server Profiler utility enables you to monitor all activity on your SQL Server 7.0. This is the analog of SQL Trace utility in SQL Server 6.5, but SQL Server Profiler has more filters and events and more easy to use. Query AnalyzerQuery Analyzer - is your primary interface for running Transact-SQL queries or stored procedures. With this utility, you can analyze the plan of a query, view statistics information, and manage multiple queries in different windows simultaneously. Readme.txtReadme.txt - is a file contains important information you should read before you install SQL Server. This file contains information about platform support, about some setup parameters, about upgrading from SQL Server 6.x, and about some new features and enhancements. Server Network UtilityServer Network Utility - is an utility, which is used to specify the network protocol stacks on which the server will listen for client requests. This utility looks like the Client Configuration utility, but Client Configuration utility controls how your applications will connect to SQL Server, while Server Network is used to set which network libraries SQL Server 7.0 is listening on. Service ManagerService Manager - is a tool, which is used to start, stop and pause MSDTC, MSSQLServer and SQLServerAgent services. Uninstall SQL Server 7.0This utility is used to uninstall SQL Server 7.0, all it services, all it programs and utilities. Other SQL Server 7.0 Tools and UtilitiesThese SQL Server 7.0 command-line utilities is placed by installation into C:\MSSQL7\BINN directory by default. These utilities have not graphical user interface, and some of them are not documented in SQL Server Books Online. ISQLISQL - is a command-line utility which provides a query interface, and allows you to perform system administration tasks and execute batch files that contain one or more SQL statements. It uses the DB-Library network library to connect to SQL Server. OSQLOSQL - is a command-line utility which provides a query interface, and allows you to perform system administration tasks and execute batch files that contain one or more SQL statements. It uses ODBC to communicate with the server. bcpbcp - is a command-line utility used to copy data to or from an operating-system file. makepipe and readpipemakepipe and readpipe - diagnostic utilities checks to see if the named pipes are working. Use them if you cannot connect to SQL Server. odbcpingodbcping - is a command-line utility to check whether ODBC is properly installed by connecting to a server using the ODBC SQL Server driver. textcopytextcopy - is a command-line utility used to copy a single text or image value into or out of SQL Server. This utility is not documented in SQL Server Books Online. For more information, see this article (from Alexander Chigrik): Copy text or image into or out of SQL Server consoleconsole - is a command-line utility displays backup and restore messages when backing up to or restoring from tape dump devices. langinstlanginst - is a command-line utility, which is used to install additional language information, such as localized messages and country information. SQLMaintSQLMaint - is a wizard called the Database Maintenance Plan Wizard. This wizard helps you to configure routine system maintenance, including backup, consistency checking, and index maintenance. SQLDiagSQLDiag - is a command-line utility, which is used to prepare for a call to SQL Server Product Support. This utility gathers and stores diagnostic information and places it all into a single file. This file is named SQLdiag.txt and is placed in your C:\MSSQL7\LOG directory by default. The SQLdiag.txt file contains the information from the SQL Server error logs, SQL Server configuration information, the version of SQL Server you are using and service packs, that is used, the information about operating system and so on. |
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