SFI is Shipping New SQL-Programmer IX With Transact-SQL Debugger for Microsoft SQL Server 7 and 6.5 and New Pricing Structure Starting At $299US.

HULL, Quebec--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 14, 1999--

Major DEBUGGER innovation features official support for 7.0 and

retro-active support for version 6.5. First product in this class

to offer this functionality

Sylvain Faust's SQL-Programmer(R) IX with SQL Debugger for Microsoft SQL Server(TM) 7 (and 6.5) is now shipping. SQL-Programmer IX is a complete SQL development environment for Microsoft SQL Server including a Transact-SQL Debugger.

New in SQL-Programmer IX is Visual Stored Procedures and Triggers execution profiling for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0. This provides execution details at the statement level such as execution duration, number of reads, number of writes, and execution flow. Data can be sorted by duration, start time, end time, number of reads, number of writes, CPU Usages, and more. The new version also features visual Stored Procedures and Triggers "Execution Tree" profiling report with execution details for each step/statement.

This advanced product features integrated utilization of Microsoft Source Safe, and automatic Documentation generation (with the SQL Documenter optional module) of SQL Server development work. SQL-Programmer IX is backwards compatible to all versions of Microsoft SQL Server. Also supported are Intersolv(R) "PVCS(TM)" and MKS(R) "Source Integrity(TM)".

PC Week writes, "SQL-Programmer 2.VIII showed a wealth of strong new features combined with a much improved interface. In fact, this product is the best SQL integrated development environment we've seen, earning PC Week Labs' Analyst's Choice honors." [October 26, 1998] The author, Bert Scalzo, further states that SQL-Programmer's PL/SQL Reformatter is the best PL/SQL code-beautification utility we have seen.

"With SQL-Programmer IX, database developers and administrators will be more productive, will create higher quality applications, and will find and fix bugs faster with better managed mission-critical corporate information," Sylvain Faust, president of SFI, said.

SQL-Programmer IX also provides a complete development environment for Oracle PL/SQL (PL/SQL Debugger available) and for Sybase Transact-SQL programmers.

See Microsoft Transact-SQL Debugger high-resolution screen shot and more at: http://www.sfi-software.com/sql-server-debug-debugger.htm

See Oracle PL/SQL Debugger high-resolution screen shot and more at: http://www.sfi-software.com/sql-debug-debugger.htm

SQL-Programmer won PC WEEK LABS Analyst's Choice Award (Oct'98).

SQL-Programmer won VBPJ Reader's Choice Merit Award 1999 in the Debugging products. It also won the VBPJ Reader's Choice Merit Award 1998.

Availability

SQL-Programmer IX is available now and pricing starts at US$299. Concurrent licensing is also available. For more information, call: (819) 778-5045, Ext. 152; fax (819) 778-7943; or e-mail: info@sfi-software.com. A free demonstration copy of SQL-Programmer IX is available from our web site at: http://www.sfi-software.com/request/downloadrequest.asp

About SQL-Programmer

SQL-Programmer is an integrated development environment designed to assist database application developers with the construction and maintenance of server-side SQL code, such as stored procedures, functions, triggers and packages for Oracle, Microsoft, and Sybase servers. Its intuitive User Interface allows programmers to create multiple Personal Working Folders to quickly store and efficiently access all the information on a particular project.

SQL-Programmer's drag-and-drop Virtual Editor enables users to revise, maintain and test server-side SQL code without affecting the original source code on the database server. Plus, the Documentation Generator automatically documents the programmer's work, producing more than 60 comprehensive reports detailing their database server environment. SQL-Programmer also includes direct interfaces to Microsoft's SourceSafe, INTERSOLV PVCS, and MKS Source Integrity for Change Management Control.

For more information about this and other SFI products and announcements, please visit SFI's website:

http://www.sfi-software.com SFI Internet Online Store: http://store.sfi-software.com SFI General Information: Tel: 1-800-567-9127 (North America only) (819) 778-5045, Ext. 152 (International and Direct) Email: info@sfi-software.com or sales@sfi-software.com Fax:(617) 722-9389 U.S. Fax:(819) 778-7943 Canada & International

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About Sylvain Faust International

Sylvain Faust Inc. (SFI) was founded in 1988 by experienced database programmers intent on improving programmer productivity by developing a suite of tools, utilities and knowledgeware designed by programmers, for programmers. Productivity enhancement software in this market can easily pay for itself in a matter of days if not hours, just in labor savings, not to mention the competitive advantage gained by organizations able to deploy information systems faster and more reliably. SFI's current products include SQL-Programmer(R), SQL-Optimizer(TM) and SQL-Sombrero(TM).

SQL-Programmer is a registered trademark and SQL-Sombrero, SQL-Optimizer, and CompressIT are trademarks of Sylvain Faust International. All other product and company names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners