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  1. I usually run the latest version of the beta and it would be nice if "Check for Updates" would pick up the latest version version of SQL Prompt, including any beta versions.
    Perhaps this could be an option for those that aren't interested in participating in betas.

    3 votes

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    completed  ·  Aaron Law responded

    SQL Prompt 7 now has a button to toggle beta updates on the check for updates dialog.

  2. Due to the length of some of the queries I write, I have to edit the file RedGateSqlPromptEngine_EngineOptions.xml manually. It would be nice to be able to edit the values for ParserLookBackDistance and ParserLookAheadDistance in the Options menu. I understand the drawbacks of making these values too large. If they were in the Options menu I could adjust them for a long query and then set them back for shorter queries.

    3 votes

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  3. After upgrading to SQL Prompt 6 (6.1), I notice reduced performance and I occasionally get "SQL Prompt cannot retrieve objects from <some database name>. (etc)", which reference a database that I do not use or am ever likely to use and IIRC have never used. It seems SQL Prompt is trying to cache objects for all databases on the connected server. That would be overkill, and only serves to slow it down and cause errors such as the one mentioned.

    3 votes

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    completed  ·  Aaron Law responded

    This was likely due to the synonym support added in 6 which will try to offer suggestions by loading databases that the synonyms are referencing. In the latest build of Prompt this is optional (under Suggestions→Connections) and off by default.

  4. Reopening tabs is a great feature. HOWEVER, to have all the tabs sit there saying "not connected" means I have to manually reconnect to every one of them. Quel pain! Being in the middle of a time-crunch project with 12 tabs sitting there all disconnected motivated this request...

    Please present the Tab Magic overlay and give us:
    1. the option to "connect to last connected server with last-used credentials" for selected tabs.
    2. the option to choose another server from the list (it's OK if the connect dialog pops up once the overlay is dismissed).
    3. the option to remove…

    3 votes

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  5. Installing SQL Prompt 6 deletes old connection coloring options.
    Please Fix.

    3 votes

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    completed  ·  Aaron Law responded

    SQL Prompt 6.3 will now upgrade the tab colouring options from version 5. SQL Prompt 6.3 can be downloaded from which can be downloaded from http://www.red-gate.com/products/sql-development/sql-prompt/

    However if SQL Prompt 6 has already run on the machine it will have created a new settings file which won’t be overwritten. To manually upgrade, copy servers.xml from “localappdata\Red Gate\SQL Prompt 5” to “localappdata\Red Gate\Red Gate\SQL Prompt 6”.

  6. I would like a config open so that the dropdown of queries starts at OPEN QUERIES not all queries

    also, I would like it when my mouse hovers over the magic tab button for it to just expand... the extra click makes it less magic

    3 votes

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  7. Hi,

    First, I like the new design, and thank you for make it available for SSMS 2012.
    I have 2 problems:
    1. I missing the Option button (I don't wont it to open recently closed queries on start-up).
    2. When I'm searching for term in the Query History dialog, and hovering above one of the files in the left pane, its query text in the preview pane jumps to the somewhere in the file and move a bit to the left. I assumes it suppose to jump to the first match, but, it is not always even in the frame.…

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    completed  ·  Aaron Law responded

    We’ve released SQL Prompt 6 which includes a fix for these.

  8. Add a flag to order suggestion columns name by column order (not alphabetically).

    3 votes

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    completed  ·  Aaron Law responded

    The latest version of SQL Prompt 6.3 should show column suggestions by the table schema definition order.

  9. Formatting a section (selected code block) with CTRL+K, CTRL+Y). This would allow me to highlight a section of a proc and format it to my liking and leave the (abomination) of the proc body untouched.

    3 votes

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  10. When disabling SQL prompt (or when a trial ends) the default SSMS intellisense is not getting back to work.
    This is especially important since there are a lot areas that the native SSMS intellisense is much better than SQL prompt (I will try to post all of them), so one might try to take advantage of it.

    3 votes

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  11. We use a separate schema (z_audit) to capture data changes from dbo tables as a complete audit trail. The tables in each schema are named the same. Every time I come to the suggestions list, I either take it as read that the top table listed is in the dbo schema, or must click that little arrow at bottom-left to "show schema", involving having to grab the mouse just to expose the schema when we're supposed to be efficiently keying; no mousing involved unless we need to use a different suggestions tab...

    An option that toggles this to OUR preference…

    3 votes

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  12. Have an option to sort the column list as it appears in the table rather than alphabetically. I have a good memory for where the functionality sits in the table, but I don't always remember the name. Columns are often logically placed in the table.

    3 votes

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    completed  ·  Aaron Law responded

    SQL Prompt 6.3 will display the columns in their table order rather than alphabetically

  13. Can not use SQL prompt to layout XML data type functions, for example this statement:

    SELECT(SELECT 1 Col
    FOR XML PATH(''), TYPE).value('.', 'VARCHAR(MAX)')

    3 votes

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  14. after typing select and adding table name the popup box that shows the table summary (column names and their types); if these rows(column names) be clickable, select columns could be filled from that list instead of typing.

    3 votes

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  15. In the result window, right click and select all and have an option to export selection to Excel (new spreadsheet) or to an open spreadsheet at the current location.

    3 votes

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  16. A wildcard search when
    select * from <tablename> now we only see table names starting with the key, but it would be very nice to have the exist in it as well.
    so tra -> will result in traffic but also mytraffic

    3 votes

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  17. 3 votes

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  18. I write a lot of stored procedures, and one of the nice things about SQL Refactor was that the names of new procedures would autocomplete. For example, "CREATE PROCEDURE WHATEVERPROCEDURENAME" would autocomplete "WHATEVERPROCEDURENAME" if I typed "GRANT EXECUTE ON W". It's a minor convenience to be sure, but it's also frustrating to see you favorite features disappear.

    3 votes

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  19. 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],
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  20. 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!!!!

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