<s>
In	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
software	O
,	O
SQL	B-Application
programming	I-Application
tools	I-Application
provide	O
platforms	O
for	O
database	B-General_Concept
administrators	I-General_Concept
(	O
DBAs	O
)	O
and	O
application	B-Application
developers	O
to	O
perform	O
daily	O
tasks	O
efficiently	O
and	O
accurately	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Database	B-General_Concept
administrators	I-General_Concept
and	O
application	B-Application
developers	O
often	O
face	O
constantly	O
changing	O
environments	O
which	O
they	O
rarely	O
completely	O
control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
organizations	O
to	O
better	O
manage	O
development	O
projects	O
and	O
the	O
teams	O
that	O
develop	O
code	O
,	O
suppliers	O
of	O
SQL	B-Application
programming	I-Application
tools	I-Application
normally	O
provide	O
more	O
than	O
facility	O
to	O
the	O
database	B-General_Concept
administrator	I-General_Concept
or	O
application	B-Application
developer	O
to	O
aid	O
in	O
database	O
management	O
and	O
in	O
quality	O
code-deployment	B-Application
practices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SQL	B-Application
programming	I-Application
tools	I-Application
may	O
include	O
the	O
following	O
features	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
SQL	B-Language
editors	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
edit	O
and	O
execute	O
SQL	B-Language
statements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tools	O
may	O
display	O
information	O
about	O
database	O
objects	O
relevant	O
to	O
developers	O
or	O
to	O
database	B-General_Concept
administrators	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Database	B-General_Concept
administrators	I-General_Concept
and	O
application	B-Application
developers	O
can	O
use	O
session	O
browsing	O
tools	O
to	O
view	B-Language
the	O
current	O
activities	O
of	O
each	O
user	O
in	O
the	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
can	O
check	O
the	O
resource-usage	O
of	O
individual	O
users	O
,	O
statistics	O
information	O
,	O
locked	O
objects	O
and	O
the	O
current	O
running	O
SQL	B-Language
of	O
each	O
individual	O
session	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DBAs	O
can	O
also	O
assign	O
roles	O
,	O
system	O
privileges	O
,	O
object	O
privileges	O
,	O
and	O
storage-quotas	O
to	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
tools	O
offer	O
features	O
for	O
the	O
debugging	O
of	O
stored	B-General_Concept
procedures	I-General_Concept
:	O
step	O
in	O
,	O
step	O
over	O
,	O
step	O
out	O
,	O
run	O
until	O
exception	O
,	O
breakpoints	O
,	O
view	B-Language
&	O
set	O
variables	O
,	O
view	B-Language
call	B-General_Concept
stack	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
so	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monitoring	O
tools	O
may	O
show	O
the	O
database	O
resources	O
—	O
usage	O
summary	O
,	O
service	O
time	O
summary	O
,	O
recent	O
activities	O
,	O
top	O
sessions	O
,	O
session	O
history	O
or	O
top	O
SQL	B-Language
—	O
in	O
easy-to-read	O
graphs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Database	B-General_Concept
administrators	I-General_Concept
can	O
easily	O
monitor	O
the	O
health	O
of	O
various	O
components	O
in	O
the	O
monitoring	O
instance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Application	B-Application
developers	O
may	O
also	O
make	O
use	O
of	O
such	O
tools	O
to	O
diagnose	O
and	O
correct	O
application-performance	O
problems	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
improve	O
SQL	B-Language
server	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
this	O
kind	O
of	O
software	O
can	O
upload	O
sample	O
blob	B-General_Concept
files	O
to	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
