Well, you don't have to! LINQPad lets you interactively query databases in a modern query language: LINQ. Kiss goodbye to SQL Management Studio!
LINQPad supports everything in C# 5.0 and Framework 4.x:
LINQ to Objects
LINQ to SQL, Entity Framework
LINQ to XML
Parallel LINQ
OData / WCF Data Services, SharePoint, and Windows DataMarket
Microsoft's ubercool Reactive Extensions
And that's not all - there's also specific support for:
SQL Azure, SQL Table Storage, Oracle, SQLite and MySQL
Microsoft StreamInsight
Microsoft Dynamics CRM
Third-party ORMs including Mindscape LightSpeed, DevArt's LinqConnect, LLBLGen, DevExpress eXpress Persistent Objects and DevForce
(Even old-fashioned SQL!)
