On Toads

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I don't like Oracle's tools. Today I had a chance to work with Toad a little bit, and I found that the UI is more cluttered than I am used to, but it has several features that I want for SQL Server Management Studio:

  • Color highlighting for columns and tables
  • Auto correct form to from (this is huge, I make this mistake all the time).
  • I can CTRL+Click on a table / procedure, and I'll get the defination window of this object. This mean that I can quickly browse between stored procedures, tables, etc. Very useful. I would really like this in SQL Management Studio.
  • You can format the PL/SQL right from Toad. This is way cool, and I really wish I had something for T-SQL as well.

Anyone knows of tools that can provide similar functionality to SQL Management Studio?