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  1. SQL Prompt does not start a new line for the SELECT portion of a CTAS statement within Azure Synapse Analytics when there is a defined distribution or index using a WITH clause. Instead the SELECT statement is tabbed way over to the right.

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  2. Using a shortcut to swap commented / uncommented lines in the sql script. This could be very helpful when we need to test (select / update) for the same source query.

    Please check the screenshots

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  3. Aligning based on column-alias makes for much better readability. When turned OFF, because some long-named table's alias pushes the TABLE-alias way to the right, all other table aliases follow it...into the NON-VISIBLE area (when using multiple vertical tabs).

    Please SEPARATE these into TWO options:
    . Align Column Aliases - on/off
    . Align Table Aliases - on/off

    THERE IS A BUG TO FIX HERE TOO: If a UDF is bounded by "--SQL Prompt formatting off/on" the TABLE ALIAS position REMAINS as if the UDF's alias was in it's SQL Prompt position, NOT where the excluded code has it! NASTY.

    You could…

    6 votes

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  4. Scenario:
    If I run any select query where filed1=value1 etc, and it shows one or more rows in the grid below.
    Now I identify a required change and want to update that column value in a particular row.

    Current Process:
    One option is to write an update query and change the column value.

    The second option is to right-click on the table and go to edit but again it only shows a limited number of rows at a time.

    Requirement:
    Option1: Allow right click on result grid and give the option to script the selected row/columns(s) as edit query.

    Option2:…

    6 votes

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  5. 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

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  6. 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

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  7. I would like to set "not connected" tabs to a passive color like light gray to indicate they are not actively connected to a database. Current tab coloring is set by the connection, so this isn't possible. One possible implementation is to create an environment called "not connected" and then specifying NULL in the "SERVER" field.

    This would be especially helpful for those who use SSMS's dark theme with SQL Prompt, because "not connected" tabs become nearly invisible with a black background and black font.

    6 votes

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  8. One of the most tedious elements of writing T-SQL is handling of proper comparisons in the WHEN MATCHED AND ... THEN UPDATE clause of a MERGE statement.
    For example, to compare a single nullable target and destination column you should compare:

    SRC.column <> TGT.column
    OR (SRC.column IS NULL AND TGT.column IS NOT NULL)
    OR (SRC.column IS NOT NULL AND TGT.column IS NULL)

    I'm not sure on exactly how would be best to handle this but it would be great if SQL Prompt could somehow auto-populate these clauses. Or even better would be some way to generate an entire merge statement…

    6 votes

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  9. At the moment a warning is given "Non-scalar subquery in place of a scalar" when trying to assign a variable to the result of a query filtered by the primary key column. In this case only one result can be returned so the warning appears inaccurate and wrapping the result in a TOP 1 { } ORDER BY statement seems an overkill just to remove the warning. This is kind of a special case however where the subquery contains only one table filtered with "=" on the primary key column, but it is a very common one.

    Example:
    DECLARE @X…

    6 votes

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  10. It would be really nice if SQL Prompt had support for defining your own collapsible regions in the SQL code. Like C# in Visual Studio.

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  11. Hello,

    I try some Add ins for sql server and i found a very interesting and useful functionnality on Softtree sql assistant.
    When we have a very large Stored procedure for example, with several BEGIN and END , softtree have a functionality when i place the mouse on BEGIN to [Jump to end] to find the corresponding END, the opposite is also true, when i Place the mouse on END [Jump to begginning].
    This functionnlity is very very useful.
    I hope you consider developing the same functionality in your SQL Prompt.

    Best regards,
    Luis

    6 votes

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  12. Provide the option to enable automatic schema addition when necessary. And when there may be more than one candidate schema, provide a warning

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  13. I would like a hot key combination to send the contents of my current tab to 'Tab History' without having to close the tab. There are times that I know I will need the contents of the tab in the near future (within a few hours/days) and I don't want to have to save a hard copy to my disk.

    6 votes

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  14. I like the new feature to put recently-selected items at the top of the list for Intellisense. However, when I have typed an exact match, I would like to see Intellisense elevate that exact object to the top of the list.

    For example, suppose I have recently selected a table named "dbo.OrderDetail", and suppose that there is another table in the same database called dbo.Order. With the new feature, I cannot access "dbo.Order" as the top candidate, because it is a partial match of "dbo.OrderDetail," and so SQLPrompt puts that name at the top.

    In a nutshell, I would like…

    6 votes

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  15. Please allow CASE statements to start on their own line, preferably indented from the line before, rather than starting way, way off to the right when there's a significant amount of stuff before them. Nested CASE statements are nearly unreadable when they're so far off the screen, for complex or nested statements.

    This is a pretty simple example, but I've got real ones where the WHEN is so far over I can't even tell it's there without scrolling.

    SELECT
    CASE
    WHEN @SPID = 3 THEN 'th'
    WHEN @spid = 88 THEN 'bobasdlkfjalk;sdfjalks;djfla;skjfdlkasfjlks' + CASE
    WHEN @SERVERNAME = 'bb' THEN 'a'…

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  16. Currently Code Analysis does not implement all of the items that Find Unused Variables and Parameters does.

    Specifically I know it's missing:
    - Declared variables that are used before a value is assigned
    - Assigned values that are never used

    Ex.
    With this code:

    DECLARE @Test NVARCHAR(1)
    DECLARE @Test2 INT
    DECLARE @Test3 DATE

    SET @Test = 1

    SET @Test = N'Test' + @Test2

    Code Analysis will flag the DECLARE for @Test for having a NVARCHAR of size 1 and @Test3 for not being used, but it will not flag @Test2 for being used before a value is assigned to it…

    6 votes

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  17. Please introduce Schema-Folders in SQL-Server Object Explorer
    as shown in
    https://github.com/nicholas-ross/SSMS-Schema-Folders

    Or make SQL-Prompt working together with
    https://github.com/nicholas-ross/SSMS-Schema-Folders.

    The Features "Show in Object Eplorer" and "Skript Object as ALTER"
    don't work together with Nicolas Ross' Schema Folders

    6 votes

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  18. Have it not break Visual Studio 2017 even when selecting that you don't want it to be integrated with it.
    The problem is that we could no longer get latest version after installing your software and then rebooting. Here is an email that I just sent to a group of people that have had the issue for at least a week before we narrowed the problem...

    Guess what!?

    We found what caused the issue, can reproduce it, and fix it.

    The issue is with Redgate’s software, specifically SQL Prompt for us.
    This is the reason that John never had the…

    6 votes

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  19. Context menu item to take the current query under the cursor and script out an appropriate DECLARE @table or CREATE TABLE #table to match the names and types output from the query.

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  20. Version 9.2.5.6073

    I would like to request that script validation be limited to the selected text during Format SQL.

    This is a duplicate of a Completed feature (Bug) submitted on version 7. https://redgate.uservoice.com/forums/94413-sql-prompt/suggestions/16611622-formatting-of-valid-selected-code-when-there-is-in
    I see recent comments on the original request but you may not be addressing since it is marked completed.

    To Replicate:

    Put 3 lines below in a new Window in SSMS

    SOME BAD TEXT
    GO
    SELECT 1 FROM dbo.Person

    Now select All of Line 3 after the GO Statement. Right-click, Format SQL

    Should get following error:
    "Error inserting semicolons" ...

    Script parsing errors:
    Line 1 Col: 1…

    6 votes

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