Mike Morris, Founder and developer of SQL Sets recently reached out to me through my blog and Microsoft MVP website offering a free license of his product. Before taking him up on the “free license” offer, however, I decided to first download a trial version and take the product through its paces before finally deciding whether or not I was going to park it in my “tool shed”.

Well, a couple of hours later, I posted this tweet; It should give you a pretty good idea about how I felt after using it. Shameless, I know! :-)

At my company, we often times work with very large  and complex database schemas. This tool is a god-send, especially when it comes to easily get data out for the purpose of sharing with non-technical community. The “deep fetch” functionality is especially helpful when you want to quickly and easily retrieve data for a specific row (or rows) of data and ALL of its children with a few clicks.

Users wishing for easier access to navigating, capturing, sharing and filtering through their data need to give a serious look at this product. Here is a quick blurb form the SQL Sets website:

SQL Sets allows you to quickly capture and organize snapshots of your SQL Server data into a single, self-contained file called a Portable Data Document. In conjunction with the free SQL Sets Reader, these files allow for easy sharing of and collaboration on relational data with team members and business partners, or simple saving and archiving for other purposes - with no need for a database connection or concerns about export formats.

SQL Sets targets a wire range of users performing various roles. Whether, you are a developer, tester, administrator or even a business analyst, this product has something for you. Take a look at their “uses” page to learn how this product might improve your productivity.