| ActiveX Edition | ||
|---|---|---|
| Free Version | Full Version | |
Completely visual building of complex SQL queries |
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| Visual building of unions, sub-queries, derived tables and CTE | yes |
yes |
| Design Pane to join tables in the query visually | yes |
yes |
| Expressions Grid to define criteria, grouping and sorting | yes |
yes |
| Query Structure Pane to browse and navigate complex queries quickly | yes |
yes |
| Database Objects Pane to add objects and fields to the query | yes |
yes |
| Datasource, Link and Query Properties dialogs to define various options | yes |
yes |
| Field Lists with ability to display data type and description | no |
yes! |
Powerful programming interface |
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| Customizing generated SQL query text layout (SQL text formatter) | yes |
yes |
| Substituting real database object and field names with user-friendly aliases | no |
yes! |
| Retrieving the list of parameters found in the query and useful information them: datatype, related field, operator | no |
yes! |
| Altering metadata information (relationships between tables, field and table descriptions) | no |
yes! |
| Removing unwanted database objects from the list of selectable objects | no |
yes! |
| Preventing execution of queries with unwanted objects | no |
yes! |
| Adding complex expressions and sub-queries as ordinary fields ("Virtual fields") | no |
yes! |
| Adding SQL queries to the list of database objects ("Virtual database objects") | no |
yes! |
| Pre-filtering of database objects to speed up metadata loading | no |
yes! |
| Working without live database connection ("Offline mode") | no |
yes! |
| Saving all metadata information to XML file for future modification and faster loading | no |
yes! |
Support for various SQL Dialects |
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| ANSI SQL/92 | yes |
yes |
| Microsoft SQL Server | no |
yes! |
| Oracle | no |
yes! |
| Microsoft Access | no |
yes! |
| MySQL | no |
yes! |
| InterBase | no |
yes! |
| Firebird | no |
yes! |
| IBM DB2 | no |
yes! |
| Sybase ASA/ASE | no |
yes! |
| PostgreSQL | no |
yes! |
| Informix | no |
yes! |
| SQLite | no |
yes! |
| ANSI SQL/89 | no |
yes! |
| ANSI SQL/2003 | no |
yes! |
Several visual representation modes |
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| MS Access style | yes |
yes |
| SQL Server Enterprise Manager style | yes |
yes |
Miscellaneous options |
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| Ability to translate interface of Active Query Builder to any language | yes |
yes |
| Ability to switch languages in run-time | yes |
yes |
| Ability to detect SQL Syntax dialect automatically | no |
yes! |
| Full Unicode support | yes |
yes |