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  1. support for new SQL Function DATE_BUCKET

    Please add support for new SQL Functions such as DATE_BUCKET
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/functions/date-bucket-transact-sql?view=sql-server-ver16

    Currently it get quoted which is quite inconvenient. 

    declare @date datetime2 = '2020-04-30 21:21:21'
Select 'Week',  DATE_BUCKET(WEEK, 1, @date)
Union All
Select 'Day',  DATE_BUCKET(DAY, 1, @date)
Union All
Select 'Hour',  DATE_BUCKET(HOUR, 1, @date)
Union All
Select 'Minutes',  DATE_BUCKET(MINUTE, 1, @date)
Union All
Select 'Seconds',  DATE_BUCKET(SECOND, 1, @date);

    becomes

    DECLARE @date DATETIME2 = '2020-04-30 21:21:21';
SELECT   'Week', [DATE_BUCKET] ( [WEEK], 1, @date )
UNION ALL
SELECT   'Day', [DATE_BUCKET] ( [DAY], 1, @date )
UNION ALL
SELECT   'Hour', [DATE_BUCKET] ( [HOUR], 1, @date )
UNION ALL
SELECT   'Minutes', [DATE_BUCKET] ( [MINUTE],
    …
    2 votes

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  2. Recognize the DateTrunc function in T-SQL.

    The formatter is not recognizing the newish DateTrunc function in T-SQL, so formatting and intellisense do not work on SQL statements that include DateTrunc.

    4 votes

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  3. Add formatting for CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE syntax

    CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE and CREATE EXTERNAL DATA SOURCE syntax is not formatted nicely by SQL Prompt, it just puts the statements on one line.

    I've been told the developers are not going to take this on!!!!

    2 votes

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  4. Command Line "Reformat All Files In Folder" and pre-Commit

    Opening over 2500 code objects to set a baseline format, required by a large customer, is a daunting manual task.

    Many of Red Gate's tools provide command-line functionality.

    Please add it to Prompt so we can bulk (re)format SPs, UDFs, Triggers. Integration into the commit-path (we use SVN) would be ideal for standardized check-ins (Commits).

    Can't recall whether a style is exportable... (License key awaited at new employer) Should be able to point to UNC location for the style to use.

    109 votes

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  5. Warning on delete and update statements if no WHERE clause is specified

    It would be nice to get a warning on delete or update statements if you did not specify a where clause.

    23 votes

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  6. Put single quote marks around highlighted text (including multiple lines)

    Very often i have copied a list of items i want to query in an IN() statement from the database, for example:

    abc
    def
    ghi
    jkl

    and I want to format it like this:

    'abc'
    'def'
    'ghi'
    'jkl'

    or better yet:

    'abc'

    , 'def'
    , 'ghi'
    , 'jkl'

    Being able to highlight, right click, and select an option do do this, would be incredibly helpful.

    2 votes

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  7. Formatting SQL Transaction

    It would be nice to have the code within a BEGIN TRAN and COMMIT be indented.

    BEGIN TRAN
    <ssss>INSERT....
    <ssss>UPDATE....
    COMMIT TRAN

    6 votes

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  8. SQL Prompt > Format SQL Update for SQL Server 2016

    Any query where "AT TIME ZONE" is used (new feature in SS '16), the Format SQL throws and error.

    "SQL Prompt was unable to complete this operation. Problem areas have been highlighted"

    The highlighting start from "AT TIME ZONE..."

    Thank you

    14 votes

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  9. SQL Formatter error

    When using OPENJSON with the WITH clause, the formatter does not recognize the WITH clause as valid SQL. This should format but throws an error:

    DECLARE @JSONString NVARCHAR(MAX) SET @JSONString = N'{"Vendors":[{"VendorNumber":200,"VendorName":"Vendor1"},{"VendorNumber":201,"Vendo2"},{"VendorNumber":202,"VendorName":"Vendor3"}]}'

    SELECT VendorNumber ,
    VendorName
    FROM OPENJSON(@JSONString, '$.Vendors')
    WITH (VendorNumber INT '$.VendorNumber', VendorName VARCHAR(50) '$.VendorName')

    2 votes

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  10. Formatting of AT TIME ZONE

    In SQL Server 2016 it is now possible to calculate between timezones. Currently it gives me an error, when I want to format it. The syntax is also not allowed at the moment.

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  11. Formatting of Valid Selected code when there is invalid code in the script

    I used to be able to format selected code, as long as it was valid. Now when I select code that is valid in a larger script that has invalid code it does not format the selected code at all. If the invalid code immediately precedes it it will suggest that there is an error in the first character of my selection when there is none, else it will just act like it did something but do nothing. This used to work and is a frustration now. This has been the case with both 7.3 betas and I believe at…

    1 vote

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  12. create or alter

    SQL server 2016 SP1 introduced the "CREATE OR ALTER" PROCEDURE/VIEW - syntax, which would be very nice to have support for.

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3190548

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    completed  ·  Andrei Rusitoru responded

    This feature was released in version 7.3 of SQL Prompt.

    If there are any missing features please let us know by creating a new suggestion.

    Kind Regards,
    The Prompt Team

  13. format is now deleting extra lines after the query

    Looks like version 7.3 of SQLPrompt removes all blank lines after the query that it formats. Please change this back or make it optional to delete blank lines at the bottom of the query.

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  14. Add options for CASE WHEN ELSE END

    I'd like to be able to configure a style for CASE statements using options like the following:

    • New line after THEN
    • New line before ELSE
    • New line after ELSE
    • ELSE match indent of CASE
    • END match indent of CASE

    It would also be nice to have a threshold setting (in number of characters) so the formatting settings are only applied if the length of a CASE statement exceeds the threshold.

    64 votes

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  15. Exclude a region from formatting

    Sometimes, formatting makes a query less readable, e.g.

    insert table (col1, col2, col3, ....)
    values (1,2,3,...),
    (11,12,13,...),
    ...

    Formatting will put the values on multiple lines if there are enough of them. It's easier to see the data when they are on one line. So how about:

    --#region [optional description] #SQLPromptIgnore
    --anything in here doesn't get formatted
    --#endregion [optional description]

    Not sure what would be best for '#SQLPromptIgnore'

    2 votes

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  16. formatting stored proc

    I love to have the options so that the first line of a stored proc is just the name i.e. create proc spName and the @parms varchar(20) and following would be on additional lines
    So for example

    create proc spName
    @Parm1 int
    ,@Parm2 int

    thanks
    Shannon

    4 votes

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    completed  ·  Andrei Rusitoru responded

    This feature was released in version 8 of SQL Prompt.

    If there are any missing features please let us know by creating a new suggestion.

    Kind Regards,
    The Prompt Team

  17. Format SQL - quick styles

    I want to switch between TEAM and PERSONAL styles for Format SQL. It currently takes 8 mouse clicks to achieve this. Could you add a style lookup on the context menu or Red Gate tools menu and apply the style to the current document automatically as soon as it is selected.

    I want my team to be able to work in their personal SQL format, but always save in the TEAM format.

    9 votes

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  18. Stop aliasing scientific notation

    SQLPrompt will take scientific notation, and alias it as 1[e1], 1[e2] and so on.

    1e1
    1e2
    1e3
    1e4
    1e5
    1e6
    1e7
    1e8
    1e9

    1 vote

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    completed  ·  Aaron Law responded

    Hi Erik,

    Thanks for letting us know about this issue. It should now be fixed in the latest build of SQL Prompt (7.1.0.314)

  19. Disable SQL Prompt on certain blocks of code

    Add a functionality of disabling SQL Prompt auto-formatting feature for blocks of code. Use SQL comments for 100% sql compatibility. Example:

    SELECT 1, 2, 3
    --<SQLPROPMT disable>
    select 4, 5, 6
    --</SQLPROPMT>
    select 7,8,9

    in the code above, the first and third statements would be auto-formatted but not the second one.

    It would be especially useful for very long scripts where a single formatting template is not an option.

    64 votes

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  20. Allow the option for SQL formatting of nested inner join on an outer join to indent the nested inner join.

    When you have a nested inner join to an outer join, such as:

    SELECT a., b., c.*
    FROM
    A a
    LEFT JOIN B b
    INNER JOIN C c on b.bid = c.bid
    ON a.aid = b.aid

    It should allow an option to indent the nested join further to show that it is nested

    5 votes

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