Full Feature List: Active Query Builder ASP.NET Edition

  • Complete visual building of complex SQL queries
    • Visual building of unions, sub-queries, derived tables and CTE
    • Design Pane to visualize joins between tables in the query
    • Query Columns Grid to define resulting query columns as well as criteria, grouping and sorting
    • Query Structure Tree to browse and navigate the structure of complex queries quickly
    • Database Schema Tree to add objects and fields to the query
    • Datasource, Link and Query Properties dialogs to define various query options visually
    • Customizable datasource field lists with ability to display data type and description
  • Powerful means to ease the visual query building process
    • Joining tables automatically according to foreign keys and programmatically
    • Adding intermediate tables automatically on adding a new table to the query to have the existing tables joined with the new one
    • Combining visual query building with direct SQL text editing
    • Editing of sub-queries independently from the main query
    • Formatting SQL query text layout
  • Wide possibilities to customize the query building environment
    • Altering metadata information: relationships between tables, descriptions of objects and fields
    • Hiding unwanted database objects and fields
    • Substituting real database object and field names with user-friendly aliases ("Alternate names")
    • Adding high-usage sub-queries to the list of database objects ("Virtual objects")
    • Adding complex expressions and sub-queries to the list of object fields ("Virtual fields")
  • Rich programming interface
    • Getting access to internal query representation objects for programmatic SQL query analysis and modification
    • Retrieving the list of parameters found in the query and useful information about them: data type, related field, operator
    • Pre-filtering of database objects to speed up metadata loading
    • Preventing execution of queries with unwanted objects
    • Filtering metadata by database, schema and object names, by object types.
    • Saving all metadata information to XML file for future modification and faster loading
    • Working without live database connection ("Offline mode")
    • Customizing SQL query text formatting rules
  • Several stlyes of visualizing joins at the Design Pane
    • MS Access style
    • SQL Server Enterprise Manager style
  • Miscellaneous features
    • Ability to translate interface of Active Query Builder to any language
    • Ability to switch languages in run-time
    • Ability to detect SQL Syntax dialect automatically
  • Support for various SQL Dialects
    • Microsoft SQL Server
    • Oracle
    • Microsoft Access
    • MySQL
    • PostgreSQL
    • InterBase
    • Firebird
    • IBM DB2
    • Teradata
    • Sybase ASA/ASE
    • Informix
    • SQLite
    • ANSI SQL/89
    • ANSI SQL/92
    • ANSI SQL/2003
  • Full set of database connectivity options
    • Generic event-driven metadata provider

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With users expecting better and better interfaces to deal with complex data retrieval, Active Query Builder has allowed me to provide a highly professional, robust environment to both novice users and skilled query writers.

Thanks to all the team involved. Please keep up the good work.

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Join Types

Automatic Joins Creation
Active Query Builder automatically determines relationships between tables and creates appropriate joins for them.

Different Join Types
Active Query Builder allows to define different join types and various server-specific query options visually.

Unions and Sub-queries

Unions and Sub-Queries
Unions, sub queries and derived tables can be accessed and built visually in Active Query Builder as easy as the main query.

Grouping, Sorting and Criteria
Active Query Builder allows to define grouping, sorting, and constructing criteria in a simple and direct way.


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