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How to read a SQL Server schema, explore it as a diagram, edit it, and export a migration script.

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• Getting started Create an account, read your database, draw a diagram, make a change and export a migration script, step by step.
• Reading a schema How to connect to SQL Server or open a DACPAC file, what WoodFireERD reads, and what happens to your credentials.
• Exploring the diagram Relationship levels, follow direction, layered and star arrangements, and what clicking, double-clicking and dragging do.
• Editing a schema How to edit columns, keys, indexes and triggers, write T-SQL for views and procedures, create objects and delete them.
• Migration scripts How to review your pending changes, export the T-SQL script, and what it contains before you run it yourself.
• Projects and refresh How to save, open and close a project file, and how to refresh it when the database has changed since you read it.
• The desktop application How to install the Windows application, generate and renew your licence, and keep it up to date.
• Plans and limits What Free, Pro and Unlimited include, how schema objects are counted, and how to change or cancel your plan.
• What it does not do What WoodFireERD does not support: other database engines, check constraints, renames without data loss, and more.

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