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  1. 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.

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  2. 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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  3. I hope can do this:

    1. in grid result, select all or part cells.
    2. click right button, in context menu, exists a "Copy as json" item.
    3. click "Copy as json", in other place paste, get json texts.
    1 vote

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  4. Love the Recently Used Suggestions feature. It's like it's reading my mind and is a definite time saver.

    1 vote

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  5. When text is selected, Control D would create a copy of that text. If no text is selected, the current line of the cursor will be duplicated.

    Much like the behavior of Excel to carry down cell values (and a popular Visual Studio plugin), this will allow users to keep the text on their clipboard to paste it over part of the SQL that was just duplicated (like the contents of a where clause).

    4 votes

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  6. If a sql command is written with an APS specific statement (for example: "CREATE TABLE AS, or "OPTION (Label = 'Query Description')" ), then a script parsing error appears.

    9 votes

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  7. 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) clause

    3 votes

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  8. Would like to control formatting of the OVER clause. E.g I would like the complete "(Partition by ... order by ...) as xyz" on one line, but today it's overrdden by other options.

    29 votes

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  9. Please add an option be added to SQL Prompt to trim all white space.

    Ideally, the following would be supported:
    - Ability to execute against a query window or block of selected code
    - Available as a stand-alone shortcut
    - Can include as part of a Format SQL style
    - Option to remove a) leading spaces, b) trailing spaces, c) both

    8 votes

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  10. 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 + @suffix

    2 votes

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  11. In SQL Prompt, Formatting Styles, I would like to differentiate the “Short parentheses contents” behavior, so it didn’t impact the primary key when I add a Constraint Primary Key Clustered at Create Table time.
    I like my PK fields to stand out, not hide in a block of text.
    But I also like any other listing of a few fields to be kept on a single line, and not bloating the screen for no reason at all.
    Currently, I can’t have both.

    In short, I want

    CREATE TABLE dbo.Orders
    (
    OrderDate DATETIME NOT NULL,
    OrderID INT NOT NULL,
    CustomerID INT…

    1 vote

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  12. 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

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  13. I'd like to vote for adding PE019 (Consider using EXISTS instead of IN) to the issues which can be auto-fixed.

    It feels like the kind of re-write that would probably be simpler for a computer to do than a person.

    5 votes

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  14. Themes, Dark mode mainly. Ability to add company logo when you log in via browser, like we can in reports.

    3 votes

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  15. I use two AD user accounts on a daily basis - a normal account and a "server admin" account (for server OS local admin and SQL instance sysadmin permissions). Hence, I run SSMS as either one or the other user. SQL Prompt settings (same goes for other Redgate tools) are saved per user, which makes it quite tedious, since after every setting change I have to export from that user and import to the other user.

    Can you it an option for settings to be user independant (universal)?

    5 votes

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  16. 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…

    2 votes

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  17. 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 WHERE

    2 votes

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  18. There are several rules that are only available in SQL Code Guard. And with SQL Code Guard no longer being maintained they should be implemented in SQL Prompt Code Analysis so that we can avoid having to use two products.

    By our count here are the rules currently not implemented in Code Analysis:

    DEP004 COMPUTE and COMPUTE BY clauses are deprecated
    DEP005 FASTFIRSTROW table hint is deprecated
    DEP008 PASSWORD/MEDIAPASSWORD options in BACKUP/RESTORE statement are deprecated
    DEP010 DBCC CONCURRENCYVIOLATION is deprecated
    DEP017 NON-ANSI join (= or =) is used
    EI001 Incompatible variable type for procedure call
    EI002 Incompatible literal…

    5 votes

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  19. Options - Styles pane contains, for example, "Apply column alias style" and its drop-down. This does not belong as a universal style setting, among others.

    Please move it to the "Formatting Styles" configuration dialog.

    This is because many practitioners either do not know about the "alias = column" capability in T-SQL, or don't like it, or it's contrary to company standards. The ability to use this form, which IMO is more brain-friendly, ought to be on the Formatting page as it is, in fact, a significant style element.

    Thanks.

    4 votes

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  20. If any stored procedures in the database are encrypted then "Find Invalid Objects" will get a null reference and prompt to restart SSMS.

    3 votes

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