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  1. Would like improve tab & parenthesis placement of subqueries ...wherever placed in query ...be it in JOIN, WHERE, HAVING ...or even in SELECT ...ALSO would like option for 1st tabbed item in SELECT list to be the starting position on each row for each subsequent item which includess the placement of the 'prefixed' comma ...see below...

    BEFORE (Current formatting)...

    LEFT OUTER JOIN (
    SELECT
    f1
    , f2
    , f3
    FROM
    dbo.t1
    WHERE
    f9 = 'x'
    ) AS e
    ON e.f1 = b.f1
    AND e.f2 = b.f2

    AFTER...

    LEFT OUTER JOIN
    (
    SELECT
    f1
    , f2
    , f3
    FROM
    dbo.t1
    WHERE…

    17 votes

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    4 comments  ·  Format SQL  ·  Admin →
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    completed  ·  Andrei Rusitoru responded

    This feature was released in version 8.1 of SQL Prompt as part of our rework of parentheses formatting.

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

    Kind Regards,
    The Prompt Team

  2. Request space options for semicolons that are analogous to space options for commas (see SQL Prompt-->Options-->Format-->Commas & parentheses)
    p.s. -I really don't like the current auto-insertion of a space in front of the semicolons. At the very least, the semicolon formatting should remain untouched upon running Format SQL.

    17 votes

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    3 comments  ·  Format SQL  ·  Admin →
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    completed  ·  Paul Stephenson responded

    As of SQL Prompt 5.2.8, spaces are no longer inserted before semicolons during a Format SQL operation. We have not added a new option, as we have found no-one who likes the spaces to be there. If we receive further feedback to the contrary then we will consider adding an option in the future.

  3. Oftentimes when I am writing queries, the results from one column of one query are quickly needed in my next one in an IN clause. I highlight the column of values from the results grid and paste into the query window, and then have to append commas (and for neatness, I delete the line breaks). I would be nice to have an added option the context-menu of the results grid to add a copy as comma separated list (in addition to the current copy and copy with headers options).

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  4. Hi,

    Is it possible to format below code

    DECLARE @a VARCHAR(200);
    SELECT @a = 'asdf';
    DECLARE @b NVARCHAR(200);
    SELECT @b = 'asdf';

    to

    DECLARE @a VARCHAR(200);
    SELECT @a = 'asdf';
    DECLARE @b NVARCHAR(200);
    SELECT @b = N'asdf';

    Thanks.

    16 votes

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    completed  ·  Andrei Rusitoru responded

    Hello,

    We have added this feature in SQL Prompt 9.1.4.4532
    It can be found under Prompt → Options → Style

    It currently only works with variable assignments for variables declared in the same script.

    If you would like to see us expand this more please let us know by creating a new idea.

    Kind Regards,
    The Prompt Team

  5. I would like an additional option for the Inserted code > Qualification tab:

    Qualify column names with table aliases only.

    Most times I want to assign a table alias and use it when adding columns, however if I forget to assign a table alias or remove it, I don't want a fully qualified table name when using the Qualify column names with table name option.

    I would like the option to qualify with both table names and table aliases or just table aliases and NOT table names.

    16 votes

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  6. Moving commas from "end" to "start" or vice-versa is buggy when comments exist after each column or parameter. This is an issue regardless of the type of statement (SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, CREATE TABLE/VIEW/FUNCTION/STORED PROCEDURE, etc).

    Here is my original SP with commas at "end" followed by comments (hyphens are used for indentation due to HTML formating issues):
    CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.MyProcedure
    ---- @Param1 int, --Param1 comments
    ---- @Param2 int, --Param2 comments
    ---- @Param3 int --Param3 comments
    AS
    BEGIN
    ---- SELECT Col1 , --Col1 comments
    ---- ---- Col2 , --Col2 comments
    ---- ---- Col3 --Col3 comments
    ---- FROM MyTable
    ---- RETURN
    END…

    16 votes

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  7. When inserting code to execute a stored procedure, SQL Prompt currently automatically generates input variables of the correct data type, e.g.:

    EXECUTE ETL.spLoad_DimPerson
    @LatestLoadDate = '2016-06-21 18:51:43', -- datetime2
    @TargetRowsInserted = 0, -- int
    @TargetRowsUpdated = 0, -- int
    @TargetRowsDeleted = 0 -- int

    However, the syntax does not seem to recognize OUTPUT parameters. When I ask SSMS to generate a query for me by right-clicking and choosing 'Execute stored procedure...', it gives me the following:

    DECLARE @return_value int,
    @TargetRowsInserted int,
    @TargetRowsUpdated int,
    @TargetRowsDeleted int

    EXEC @returnvalue = [ETL].[spLoadDimPerson]
    @LatestLoadDate = '2005-06-21 18:41:59',
    @TargetRowsInserted = @TargetRowsInserted OUTPUT,
    @TargetRowsUpdated…

    15 votes

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    completed  ·  Thomas Walsh responded

    Thank you for your suggestion.

    We’ve reviewed this as part of our UserVoice triage.

    Currently this feature is available in SQL Prompt.
    The OUTPUT and EXECUTE statements are auto generated.

    We don’t support the SELECT statement as part of this feature.

    Please feel free to raise a new feature request if this is something you would like.

    Kind Regards,
    Prompt Team

  8. I find that in longer stored procedures, declared variables often don't show up as I start to type them. E.g. typing @ towards the beginning of the sp shows me a list of the variables, however if I'm further down in the proc, they ofter are not listed.

    15 votes

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  9. 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

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  10. Hows about Code sniffing? For checking code compliance with user defined standards. Like checking column names conform to a defined standard, warnings on bad practices etc. You know all those little annoying things like no clustered index, use of cursors instead of set based ops, use of Select * or of Insert into tableA values (a,b,c).

    All driven by user defined rules? With larger dev teams the standards docs always left to the side. If it could work on input and in some sort of batch mode (on sql source control check in?) it would be nice.

    I've been looking…

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    We’re happy to announce that we introduced code analysis in SQL Prompt 9+. For additional information see: https://documentation.red-gate.com/sp9/analyzing-your-code

    You can get the latest version of SQL Prompt from https://www.red-gate.com/products/sql-development/sql-prompt/.

    If you have any ideas regarding improvements to Prompt’s code analysis, please feel free to open further UserVoice requests.

    Thank you for your help!

    Kind regards,

    The Prompt Team

  11. It would be nice if SQL Prompt could parse CTE expressions and provide prompts just like for regular tables

    14 votes

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  12. Similar to the existing Qualify Object Names and the other pending request to fix case of all object names, I would like to have an option to add brackets added to all database object names (columns, tables, schemas) where they are missing.

    13 votes

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  13. Currently, no matter what settings are applied, table names are always placed on a new line, for example:

    SELECT
    ID,
    Thing

    FROM
    TableName

    JOIN
    OtherTableName
    ON blah=moo

    WHERE
    something <> something else

    My personal preference is for:

    SELECT
    ID,
    Thing

    FROM TableName

    JOIN OtherTableName
    ON blah=moo

    WHERE something <> something else

    Please can we have an option to achieve table names on the same line as their action (FROM / JOIN)

    13 votes

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  14. If I edit a statement like SELECT COALESCE(x, y, z) and then add some parenthetical as in LTRIM(COALESCE(x, y, z)), the last parenthetical is deleted by SQL Prompt even though I typed it. Two options are to 1) correctly establish parenthesis or 2) stop deleting characters I type correctly

    12 votes

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  15. I would like an option to align the type declarations, for example when declaring the columns in a table variable I currently get:
    DECLARE @MyExample TABLE
    (
    MyCol1 INT ,
    MyOtherCol VARCHAR(10)
    )

    Which I would quite like to see laid out as:
    DECLARE @MyExample TABLE
    (
    MyCol1 INT ,
    MyOtherCol VARCHAR(10)
    )

    The same is true for all other places where I'm declaring, so the parameters for a procedure for example

    12 votes

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  16. Could we have a check box to allow us to have the semi colon as one of the insertion keys (Main->Behaviour)?

    It's not as common as the other keys there but when I'm about to finish a script I can't just hit the semi colon key.

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  17. In Visual Studio 2010, when I type in a function name and then the open paranthesis, I'm shown some intellisense that tells me what type of parameters I need to type in. For example, if I type (using VB.Net) "Dim da as Date=DateAdd(", it tells me the first paramter is "Interval as Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interval", and so forth. It would be nice if SQL Prompt did this for built-in (or even user created) functions, e.g. the DATEADD SQL function. I can never remember exactly the parameter sequence of that function, and it would be nice if SQL Prompt showed me like VS…

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    completed  ·  Paul Stephenson responded

    SQL Prompt already did this, but there was a bug with certain built-in functions, including DATEADD(), that prevented the tooltip from appearing. This is now fixed in SQL Prompt 5.2.

  18. I used this all the time in SQL Refactor for code I wanted to make easier to read but didn't want to have layout changes.Can we have it back?

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  19. The script below does not generate the correct sql syntax when adding a @table name into a subselect

    DECLARE @temptable AS TABLE (recid INT)

    DECLARE @mytable AS TABLE (contractid INT)

    INSERT INTO @mytable
    ( contractid )
    VALUES ( 1 -- contractid - int
    )

    ---> type @my -> then tab
    --> the table is predefined with brackes wich is wrong for a @table
    -> the below row is the result

    SELECT * FROM @temptable WHERE recid IN (SELECT * FROM [@mytable])

    11 votes

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    completed  ·  Aaron Law responded

    This case should be fixed in the latest release of Prompt (6.3). Let me know if you’re still having any problems with it.

  20. So you could highlight a column and surround it with isnull() for example.
    Or surround a sql query and surround it with begin and end.

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