---
title: "SQL Refactor looks cool"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2006/11/7/sql-refactor-looks-cool.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2006/11/7/sql-refactor-looks-cool.html"
published: "2006-11-07T11:02:07"
updated: "2006-11-07T11:02:07"
tags: [".NET", ".Net 2.0", "Cool Tools"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "If you do any work with stored procedures and SQL databases, SQL Refactor should look very interesting to you..."
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# SQL Refactor looks cool

By Roy Osherove November 7, 2006 In [.NET](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net), [.Net 2.0](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-2-0), [Cool Tools](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-tools)

**Historical article** · Originally published November 7, 2006; technical details may be outdated.

If you do any work with stored procedures and SQL databases, [SQL Refactor](http://codebetter.com/blogs/david.hayden/archive/2006/11/06/SQL-Refactor-Rocks_2100_.aspx) should look very interesting to you...

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