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DB Designer vs mssql for Visual Studio Code

A side-by-side look at DB Designer and mssql for Visual Studio Code. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

DB Designer

DB Designer

Development

DB Designer is an open source database modeling and design tool. It allows users to visually model databases including entities, relationships, and more to auto-generate SQL scripts for various databases.

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mssql for Visual Studio Code

mssql for Visual Studio Code

Development

mssql for Visual Studio Code is a free VS Code extension that allows you to connect to Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, SQL Data Warehouse and SQL Server on Linux. It supports features such as intellisense, code snippets, syntax highlighting, and querying databases.

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