SSEUtil.exe is a tool that lets you easily interact with SQL Server. Among other things, it allows you to:
· Connect to the main instance or user-instance of SQL Server.
· Create, attach, detach, and list databases on the server.
· Upgrade database files to match the version of the server.
· Execute SQL statements via the console (similar to SQLCMD).
· Retrieve the version of SQL Server running.
· Enable and disable trace flags (for example, to trace SQL statements sent to the server by any client application)
· List the instances of SQL Server on the local machine or on remote machines.
· Checkpoint and shrink a database
· Measure the performance of executing specific queries.
· Create and playback lists of SQL commands for the server to execute.
· Log all input and output.