Practical write-ups on using BroadSQL for specific, recurring jobs.
October 17, 2026
A confirmation before any change to a production database, a master password change that checks its own work, typed Script parameters with defaults and lists, a Scripts Library you can browse and audit, and settings edited safely in CONFIG.
Read more →October 8, 2026 · Applies to BroadSQL 5.4.0 and 5.4.5
A friendlier console with colors, themes and tables that fit your window, real variables and named arguments for Scripts, a new REPEAT command for monitoring, and DUMP as the one export command.
Read more →September 20, 2026 · Applies to BroadSQL 5.3.0
A URL-based API client, TAB completion that knows your own connections and scripts, and one Scripts Library replacing two catalogs, with the breaking changes to check before upgrading.
Read more →September 18, 2026
How configured API operations connect with BroadSQL's SQL workbench, from the 5.2.4 foundation and current development to automation and repeatable validation.
Read more →September 4, 2026 · Applies to BroadSQL 5.5.0, reviewed October 17, 2026
Most people learn one BroadSQL command, get their answer, and stop there, missing four more levels built specifically for everything they do more than once.
Read more →September 4, 2026
A new lightweight JavaScript layer lets a BroadSQL script hold two or more database connections open at once and drive them with ordinary loops and conditionals, something the interactive shell cannot do at all.
Read more →August 29, 2026 · Applies to BroadSQL 5.5.0, reviewed October 17, 2026
When you manage DEV, TEST, and PROD, or Postgres, Oracle, and SQL Server side by side, the query stays the same but the tool changes every time.
Read more →August 29, 2026 · Applies to BroadSQL 5.5.0, reviewed October 17, 2026
Getting query results into Excel usually means a GUI, some copy-pasting, or a different one-off script for every output format.
Read more →August 29, 2026 · Applies to BroadSQL 5.5.0, reviewed October 17, 2026
After a migration, a sync, or a release, you need to prove PROD still matches the source: row counts, checksums, key differences, often across different vendors.
Read more →August 29, 2026
When an incident spans environments, engineers end up rewriting the same investigative queries from memory: differently each time, often with production credentials in plain sight.
Read more →August 29, 2026
Working across dozens of databases usually means passwords living in scripts, config files, or sticky notes, and that's an audit finding waiting to happen.
Read more →August 29, 2026 · Applies to BroadSQL 5.5.0, reviewed October 17, 2026
A single command-line SQL client that reaches Oracle, SQL Server, Postgres, and more on Windows, with every driver behaving identically and no build step, is surprisingly rare.
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