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Don't allow for aliases that match snippet acronyms
What I sometimes run into, is that a table gets an alias (by SQL prompt), that matches an acronym for a snippet. Then, whenever I'm writing out my query, while calling the table by alias, snippet manager replaces the alias with the full snippet. Which can be annoying as Ctrl-Z doesn't work.
My suggestion would be to check the snippet manager before assigning aliases and not have them overlap.
Thanks.2 votes -
Do not consider code flagged for no formatting when formatting.
If I have a very large script with the majority of it with formatting disabled, or even with just a highlighted small area... the ctrl-K,ctrl-Y formatting seems to consider the parts it will not be formatting. Example: code in a separate window will format instantly while in a window with 100k lines with same code highlighted it will take a long while. This seems to indicate that it is considering all of the code even though it is only formatting a small piece.
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move options settable under "SSMS > SQL Prompt > Options > Format > Style" page out of the Settings file and [back] into Style file
In version 7 the Style option FormatActionRemoveSquareBrackets was removed from the .sqlpromptstyle Style file into the .settings Settings file. I would like it moved back into the Style file, along with all other Style options settable under "SSMS > SQL Prompt > Options > Format > Style". See https://productsupport.red-gate.com/hc/en-us/requests/122489 for additional details.
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IN clause - indent according to parenthesis rules according to the expression they are in
It would be nice if the IN clause were formatted like a logical function that returns a value so that it followed the options and rules for parentheses and were indented according to its place in the logical expression. (paying attention to the ANDs and ORs if present)
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Version Stamping
Our dev group versions our styles. A small change between style versions can cause numerous changes in a single file making peer reviews more difficult than they need to be.
My suggestion is to add an Format > Styles > Actions option to add style stamp. Implementation would be adding a comment with a style/version stamp at the top of the file when a format is applied. If the comment exists prior to formatting, that style will be used by SQL Prompt regardless of selected style. If the style/version is not found, the selected style is used. To change which…
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Add a table alias as a prefix to selected column names
I would love an option where, after adding an alias to a table, you can add it as a prefix to all columns coming from that particular table at once.
Some keystroke like Ctrl + F2 would be nice.
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Database-specific snippets
Database-specific snippets.
We have 80 or so databases scattered across 200+ instances and many tables have similar names or identical names with differing schemas: compare person.personpe, dbo.person & finance.personpe. This particular is extreme and there are more examples but the principle applies.
I would love to be able to define pe as a snippet at a database level so that I can keep my snippet names short and so that I don't have to rename them manually when I am in SSMS with a lesser used database.
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Can we add option to have "WITH (NOLOCK)" in the Aliases tab in the Options
Can we add option to have "WITH (NOLOCK)" in the Aliases tab in the Options
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CREATE TABLE align data-types
When making a CREATE TABLE statement, there should be a formatting option to align the data-type behind the field names.
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Revisit "Formatting SQL Transaction"
A previous request titled "Formatting SQL Transaction" was flagged as Completed in 2018; however, no option to adjust the formatting for BEGIN TRAN / COMMIT TRAN blocks exists in the latest release of SQL Prompt version 10.
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Correctly bracket Windows users/groups when using CTRL+B,CTRL+B
When adding brackets via CTRL+B,CTRL+B, Windows-based principals (users, groups, etc.) are not correctly bracketed. The brackets are placed around the domain or computer name portion of the principal, instead of the combination of the domain/computer and user/group name.
For example, if this statement is entered
ALTER SERVER ROLE sysadmin ADD MEMBER MYDOMAIN\USER
using CTRL+B,CTRL+B will yield this:
ALTER SERVER ROLE [sysadmin] ADD MEMBER [MYDOMAIN]\USER
instead of the correct syntax:
ALTER SERVER ROLE [sysadmin] ADD MEMBER [MYDOMAIN\USER]
Would also be helpful if principals from NT AUTHORITY and NT SERVICE could be correctly handled.
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Bulk Formatting or Bulk Code Analysis
It would be nice if the new Bulk Formatting or Bulk Code Analysis functionality could also target items directly in the database. This would save time because I wouldn't first have to save objects definitions to my computer.
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restore from url breaks SQL formatter
The below script causes SQL Formatter rules to fail with the error "Script parsing error(s) ... Incorrect syntax near url. ... Failed refactorings: Insert semicolons (Script parsing errors)"
create database foo; go backup database foo to url = N'https://foocorp.blob.core.windows.net/backups/foo/foo_1.bak'; go restore database foo from url = N'https://foocorp.blob.core.windows.net/backups/foo/foo_1.bak'; goSSMS Parse (
ctrl+F5) reveals that this snippet parses correctly. When replaced with a valid URL target, this syntax also executes without error.Please update the semicolon rule and any other necessary rules to handle for backup/restore from URL as a valid formattable syntax.
(possibly related? https://redgate.uservoice.com/forums/94413-sql-prompt/suggestions/40184173-format-sql-backup-to-url-with-credential-breaks-co)
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Use formatter to create table of contents
It would be great to be able to use the formatter to create an automated table of contents based on some recognized commented pattern. For example, I could begin each section of code with:
--******
-- Title of section
--******Then after using the formatter it would see the commented section and add the line number for each section in the beginning of the script. I imagine something similar to MS Word's auto generated table of contents.
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Separate UDF Formating from Built-in in "Function Calls"
We cannot treat UDF parameter listing/indentation in similar vein to Stored Procedure call formatting. All "Functions", be they UDF or built-in, are lumped into the same four RESTRICTIVE options on the "Function calls" page, and we have no "parentheses style" options for them.
We need:
1. Separation by type (UDF vs. Built-in).
2. Global ==> Parentheses, to apply to UDFs, by our choice.Thanks.
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Add quotes and commas function with commas before
Please can the "Add quotes and commas" action conform to the current active style's Commas setting?
So if the setting is "Place commas before items", then the action should also place the commas before.
At the moment, I have to run a Format SQL action after using Add quotes and commas, which is cumbersome.
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Aliases Postfixes to ignore
Similar to the "Prefixes to ignore" option in Options > Inserted code > Aliases, could we have a "Postfixes to ignore" option to allow use to set words at the end of a tablename to ignore when generating aliases.
Currently I have to keep the custom aliases list up to date, whereas this would do that automatically.
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Fix closing quote for 'N' strings
When typing a string preceded with 'N' (like N'string value'), when you type the closing quote it gets doubled. Hard to explain, but easy to reproduce. Just type these two statements into SSMS to see the difference:
SELECT 'Bill' As FirstName
SELECT N'Bill' As FirstName1 vote -
Ability to integrate SQLPrompt Formatting with T4 Visual Studio
I use T4 to generate a significant amount of SQL code. It would be useful for purposes of readability especially, to be able to call the formatter from within a T4 build process.
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Alias on Synonym Name
Have auto alias base its output on the alias name instead of the name of the table it is pointing to.
Example: Alias "Transaction" pointing to "TransactionTableWithComplexName" should be "t" and not "ttwcn".
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