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Cloud Backup of all SQL Prompt Settings
Hi guys,
SQL Prompt is great. What is less great is migrating from one computer to another (or rebuilding your machine / VM / whatever).
It would be super useful if we could have a cloud backup of all SQL Prompt settings, styles, and snippets which can be associated with our licence account.
When we do an install on a new machine, we'd then be given the option to restore settings from the cloud.
4 votes -
Custom Aliases - Ability to Create a List to Import
Custom Aliases - Ability to create the list and import without having to use the SQL Prompt - Options-New... Interface. Reasons: Speed and to alphabetize.
3 votes -
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.
1 vote -
Make the "Enclose identifiers within square brackets [ ]" option persist
Currently in Visual Studio the option to "Enclose identifiers within square brackets []" option will be set to true on startup requiring a user to turn it off every time they load Visual Studio.
This option when set to false should remain that way even after a restart of Visual Studio the same way it does in SSMS.
2 votes -
Add NULL to JOIN suggestions
When joining two tables, you today get the option to join on known references or identical column names.
What I would like to see is an extra join option in the suggestions, if both the columns are NULLable:
SELECT * FROM table1
INNER JOIN table2 ON (table2.ref1ID = table1.ref1ID OR (table2.ref1ID IS NULL AND table1.ref1ID IS NULL)The above example might seem like rubbish at first! But sometimes when you have composite keys, one of the columns in the key might very well be a NULLable value.
So a more valid example would be:
SELECT * FROM table1
INNER JOIN…1 vote -
Copy results as Markdown Table
When right-clicking in the results tab, SQL Prompt should offer the posibility to copy the results as a table with markdown formatting (for Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange network). See https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/356997/feature-preview-table-support for the syntax.
3 votes -
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.
2 votes -
set default join conditions
I work on the same databases on a regular basis. Many do not have foreign keys and do not used identically named column names in tables that I'm joining.
I repeatedly have to specify the same several columns in the join condition.
I'd love a way for SQLPrompt to either remember join clauses I've previously used, or allow me to specify default join conditions for pairs of tables (or both).
8 votes -
“Open in Excel” the exported “. Xlsx” is too old
When I use SSMS to query the data and use "open in Excel", the exported “. Xlsx” is too old, which will cause the digital content to become 0 after WPS or other form software is opened. This problem has lasted for a long time. I hope your company can upgrade and handle it accordingly. Thank you Very Much
6 votes -
Option / Action to remove square brackets from types
I prefer types without square brackets ( INT vs [INT], for example).
If using square brackets for identifiers in the format options, there is no quick way to remove these.
My work-around is -
1. Apply Format Style option "Add/remove brackets + Remove Unnecessary brackets"
2. Format the block of code
3. Apply format Style option "Add/remove brackets + Add brackets to all identifiers"
4. Format the block of code
5. restore format Style option to original choiceIt would be nice to have a single action to do this, or to have a separate option in format styles to…
3 votes -
Update process
Hi, this is not related to SQL Prompt only, but to the update process in general.
As our company firewall is blocking the link in Help "Check for updates ...", I have to submit the "Download a 28 days trial" form and download the full "SQLToolbelt.exe".
Which is also blocked by the company proxy rules. :-(
So I have to download the file on my private PC and then copy it to my business machine.
I assume, my company is not the only one with such precautionary measures.
Maybe you can implement additional options to download updates.1 vote -
New code analysis rule: predicate data type agreement
Please create a rule that detects when the data type of input parameters, local variables, and/or expressions do not match the data type of the column in a predicate.
For example, if we have
a Person table, with column LastName varchar(60) NOT NULL, and
in the body of a stored procedure which has an input parameter defined as @LastName nvarchar(100)... and a predicate like WHERE Person.LastName = @LastName [join, apply, correlation, and functions also need this]
It would be wonderful - save me massive amounts of time - if SQLPrompt could flag this and help reduce implicit conversions.
Thank you!
2 votes -
Script comma separated list column names from the results grid.
It would be great to be able to script out a comma separated list of the column names from the result grid. Not the data values, but the colum names. Quite often i run queries that return columns from multiple tables and want to create an insert statement with named columns from that result set.
A competitor has that capability and I use it dozens of times a day. Either by selecting all column names from the result set or just highlighting the ones that you want.
20 votes -
Autogenerate variables based on correlated field
When writing SQL, I frequently will create a variable within the statement before I have Declared the variable. It would be great if SQL Prompt offered a UI option to autogenerate the variable declaration.
For example, given the statement:
SELECT * FROM dbo.Person WHERE Username = @Username
I would like to use a shortcut key to auto generate and insert the declaration above the statement:
DECLARE @Username VARCHAR(8);For simple fields, the data type can be pulled directly from the field metadata. For expressions, derive the data type as SQL would if possible, or move the cursor to the data…
6 votes -
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.
1 vote -
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 -
Copy as IN clause - Allow second column as ID comment
So… Copy as IN Clause. Love it, but let’s improve it. Let’s say we have the following output…
ProductID ProductDesc
1 SQL Prompt
2 SQL Search
3 SQL CompareIf we use Copy as IN Clause on the ProductID column, we get:
IN
(
1,
2,
3
)Which super…. However those IDs mean nothing to me in 6 months time when I’m now having to modify my code. What would be awesome, is if I can select both ProductID and ProductDesc, then hit Copy as IN Clause, and get the following output:
IN
(
1, -- SQL Prompt
2,…5 votes -
Don't add trivial queries
Add an option to filter what tabs are moved into history.
- SSMS autogenerated queries are of no interest.
- So are simple DML and EXEC[UTE] queries consisting of one statement.
- Successful executed ALTER {PROC|VIEW} are of no interest.
Optionally calculate a query complexity value or class to hide simple queries.
5 votes -
Tab ageing - automatic deletion after X days / weeks / months
Add a configuration option to automatically delete tabs by age (last executed or tab closed).
Or move them outside the normal tab history (archive them) to speed up the normal history loading and searching.
5 votes -
Suggest casting to match data types in joins
In a large query, it can be a hassle to check every join to make sure the data types match up exactly (for example, nvarchar(50) <-> varchar(100)). These differences can have huge impacts on query performance in some circumstances, or lead to confusing results if data types are converted in an unexpected way. A suggestion to call out boolean statements comparing mismatched data types could be extremely useful.
3 votes
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