672 results found
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Feature to make variable declarations persistent while testing
Allows you to define (on a per tab/session basis) a list of variables you would like to be declared before running the highlighted piece of SQL.
Reason: I like to put all of my "magic numbers" in variables at the top of the proc. This works great for code readability, but it's a pain to troubleshoot because now everywhere the variable is used, you need to copy that variable declaration above whatever code you are testing in order for it to work.
4 votesThanks for the suggestion Chad. We think this is a nice idea, we’ll wait to see how others in the community comment and vote before taking it forward.
Tim
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auto complete set proc parameter defaults
when stored procedures have variables with defaults, your auto complete intellisense does not set the default. for example, if the parameter @a is an int = 5 in the creation of the proc, your auto complete says @a = 0 --int
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When excluding schema / database from suggestions, if provide excluded schema, suggestions should still appear, but limited to that schema
So i specifically excluded our "temp" schema from my suggestions and it works brilliantly, however, when specifically want that schema, after completing the schema name it should show me the suggestion within that schema? -
Currently my options are to remove the "don't show suggestions" for the temp schema and then add it again after this session.2 votes -
Copy & Paste into temp table
I often need to work with data sets from Excel. Instead of doing a whole "Import Data" process I would like to copy from Excel & paste into SQL Management as a temp or persisted table.
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Menu option: 'Normalize Line Endings'
Sometimes line-endings get messed up by source-control (looking at you Git) and "intellisense" will give you lots of green squigglies that you'd rather not commit to the branch.
A good menu option for SQL Prompt would be 'Normalize Line Endings' with a sub-menu selection of 'Windows' or 'Unix'. Then fire off a regex expression powered search and replace on the file. It's fairly easy to do manually with a Ctrl+Shift+F in Visual Studio, but in SSMS, it's more complicated to do so manually, I think.
Git does this to me once in a while, and I have to open the…
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Closing parenthesis and content indention on APPLY/EXISTS not indenting
It seems that the contents and closing parenthesis of EXISTS and APPLY clauses is not being indented as I would expect. So either i'm weird....or Format SQL is doing it wrong?
I'm using (
.....this parentheses style
)What it's doing:
SELECT *
FROM tblA a
WHERE 1 = 1
.....AND EXISTS (
.....SELECT *
.....FROM tblB b
.....WHERE b.Col1 = a.Col1
..........AND b.Col2 = a.Col2
..........AND b.Col3 = a.Col3
)What I expect:
SELECT *
FROM tblA a
WHERE 1 = 1
.....AND EXISTS (
..........SELECT *
..........FROM tblB b
..........WHERE b.Col1 = a.Col1
...............AND b.Col2 = a.Col2
...............AND…3 votes -
Snippet tags to insert other snippets
I like to get clever with snippets, and it would be great to be able to create dynamic snippets for different circumstances by being able to nest one snippet within the creation script of another. That way I can parse individual functionality in different snippets, but build them together to create more complex dynamic snippets without having to maintain the same basic code in multiple individual scripts.
I could see this working simply like:
snippet1:
DoThing;snippet2:
$snippet1$
DoMoreThing;2 votes -
Purge tabs
At the moment to purge old tabs you need to open the tab history window and scroll to a certain point and right click and choose "Remove tabs older than this"
This can be a bit tricky so instead could we have a button (perhaps in options?) that will prompt you for a date and purge items last closed before that date.
8 votesThanks for the suggestion!
We’re actively reviewing this suggestion alongside some others for Tab History. We’ll update again here when we progress.
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Refreshing suggestions (Ctrl+Shift+D) should apply to all databases, not just the current one
Currently, when refreshing suggestions with Ctrl+Shift+D, only the new changes in the current database are seen. To load the changes in another database (that I'm referring with a 3-part name in a query), I need to change the current database to that one, press Ctrl+Shift+D and then change the current database back to the original one. If it's the first time I'm accessing the other database (since starting SSMS), the changes are loaded when typing the 3-part name. However, if I had previously accessed the other database, refreshing does not work as I expect: it should drop the entire cache…
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Indent AND/OR in WHERE/GROUP BY/etc. differently than ON clause
Support request #137199: Provide an option to indent AND/OR entries in a WHERE clause to line up indented, but leave AND/OR entries directly underneath ON clauses:
SELECT
t1.col5
, t2.col6
FROM
table1 t1
INNER JOIN table2 t2
ON t1.col1 = t2.col1
AND t1.col2 = t2.col2 -- AND is directly below ON clause
WHERE
t1.col3 = 'Test'
AND t2.col4 = 5 -- AND is indented underneath WHERE2 votes -
script insert as
Today’s mail from https://sqlquantumleap.com/2019/05/09/maximum-number-of-rows-for-the-table-value-constructor/
Shows as way around the 1000 rows limitation on the VALUES ()… statement.Please enhance SQL Prompts “Script as Insert” feature to use this method.
Currently SQL Prompt is scripting it like this, when the results window has more than 1000 rows:
CREATE TABLE #temptable( [id_user] int, [RowCnt] int, [mt] datetime)
INSERT INTO #temptable
VALUES
( 372, 2,N'2012-09-01T00:00:00')
INSERT INTO #temptable
VALUES
( 196, 2,N'2012-09-01T00:00:00')
INSERT INTO #temptable
VALUES
( 210, 2,N'2012-09-01T00:00:00')
…It can be done like this:
CREATE TABLE #temptable( [iduser] int, [RowCnt] int, [mt] datetime)
INSERT INTO #temptable
select *
from(
values…5 votes -
"drop user"
Highlight of today was when I ran
DROP USER MyUserIn the wrong (production) database.
Please add a warning to SQL Prompt, like your
"You're about to execute a DELETE statement without a WHERE clause"When you run a DROP USER or a DROP LOGIN statement on a production server. Not only does the user or login disappear, but also all rights granted to the user.
Maybe add the question “are you in the correct database?”
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SQL Prompt Issue EI030 shows fals positive on views including TOP (n)
If a View looks like
SELECT TOP(n) FROM x ORDER BY x.clumn
SQL Prompt shows issue EI030 although the ORDER BY is vital for the TOP (n) clause3 votes -
format Window functions
SQL Prompt fails badly in formatting window functions. As these are present at least since SQL 2014, SQL Prompt should be able to interpret them and format them accordingly.
Example:
I would format the LAG() function as follows:
SELECT
myColumn AS realColumn
,LAG(myColumn, 1, 0)
OVER (
PARTITION BY someColumn
ORDER BY anotherColumn) AS calculatedColumnTry this with SQL Prompt - it's result is not very nice...
5 votes -
format expressions like operator
Would it be possible to treat the 'LIKE' operator the same as '=' in the Expressions\Operators settings so they are all aligned?
select AddressID
from Person.Address
where ModifiedDate
between dateadd(month, -6, getdate())
and getdate()
and City = 'Bothell'
or left(PostalCode, 2) like 'CB%'
or PostalCode = @prefix + @suffix2 votes -
Open a pre-configured list of servers in Object Explorer when SSMS starts
In the setting of SQL Prompt there should be an option to create a list of servers.
When SSMS then starts It should automatically create a connection to this list of servers in Object Explorer.
It would be a great feature, when working with the same servers, it takes a long time to connect to servers everyday when work starts :-)
5 votes -
Make equals signs line up with tabs
When I type code I like to line up all the equals (=) signs using tabs so that all the code to the right of the equals sign lines up nicely on my screen. I find this really useful for improving readability when using column aliases, in joins, and in update statements.
I can't find an option in SQL Prompt to do this and it annoys me when I format my SQL and all the equals signs become ragged.2 votes -
Expand Wildcards with alias and equal sign
When I expand Wildcards I would like it like
Select col1 = tb.col1
col2 = tb.col2
FROM tb4 votes -
Lists formatting for Columns and Parameters should be treated separately
The starting item in a List of Columns for a SELECT statement is fine to place on the same line as the SELECT, however, for EXEC <proc name that is probably longer> it looks odd to have the Parameters line up at the end. This should be a separate choice for EXEC Parameters. I chose the "commas before" style for most everything, but prefer the "default" layout for EXEC proc parameters.
4 votes -
Refactoring INSERT into MERGE
Refactoring INSERT into UPDATE is definitely useful, but most of us are familiar with these. The complex MERGE statement is a mess, and a clean way to generate that would be fantastic!! Especially since you can figure out the primary keys, etc..
4 votes
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