702 results found
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Create a table variable from a table
Very often I need to create a temp table, table variable, or UDTT that is a duplicate or subset of an existing table. I'd like the @table definition to include primary key and unique constraints and any check constraints and default constraints that are in the actual table. No foreign key constraints obviously. SSMS object scripting botches this up by creating a bunch of alter statements instead of including constraints inside the CREATE statement.
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Ignore SQL Snippets that match table alias
Sometimes SQL Prompt generates an alias that matches an existing snippet key. My suggestion would be to ignore snippets when it's an auto generated alias.
example:
select * from DataEnvironment de (where de is the automatic alias) becomes
select * from DataEnvironment DELETEIt's rather annoying :)
7 votes -
Customizable colors for database objects in object explorer
It would be very useful to have the ability to define a color for certain database objects such as tables or columns. With that feature, objects could be marked individually and would be highlighted, for example columns with an index on them. Other users would be able to directly see this and take it into account in their query design for example. These settings should also be saved in the source control if desired.
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More Casing/Capitalization Options
Regardless of the source table, we would like the option to force table, column, and alias names to lower case. (We integrate databases from multiple sources and our queries look like a mess when half of the columns are upper case and half are lower).
Example:
SELECT dp.PROJID AS cpprojid,
pld.suffix AS projectsegment,
IP.projectnumber AS innprojid
FROM DEL.PROJ AS dp
INNER JOIN DEL.viewprojectlvldetail AS pld
ON pld.PROJID = dp.projid
LEFT OUTER JOIN inn.PROJ AS IP
ON dp.PROJID LIKE IP.cpproj_id + '%'I think this is hard…
7 votes -
Tab History
Tab history grows considerable with tabs that you don't care about. How about a hot key combination so that when the tab is closed it does not add it to history. Example: While holding the ctrl key down I close a tab and this prevents it from being added to history.
7 votes -
Have the update process default to only updating installed tools
I don't use SQL Prompt in Visual Studio and likely never will. However, every time I update, the updater defaults to installing it for VS and updating SSMS. It would be nice if the update process defaulted to only doing updates.
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Discover metadata for OPENQUERY
When I use the OPENQUERY syntax to retrieve data across servers, SQL Prompt does not discover the metadata (column names, data types, etc.) of the fields returned.
My suggestion is that you add support within SQL Prompt to make metadata for fields retrieved by OPENQUERY available just like you do for linked servers.
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Format pasted-in list
I need a way to format a group of text items into a SQL query that I'm going to use for an "IN ('item1','item2','item3')" clause within the WHERE clause. There's got to be a simpler way than manually keying in all the single quotes and commas, particularly when the comma triggers SQL Prompt to start trying to prompt each time, so I have to add an Esc keypress to get SQL Prompt out of the way.
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Add or detect missing 'N' on inline string literals containing Unicode characters
This is an extension of:
https://redgate.uservoice.com/forums/94413-sql-prompt/suggestions/6779217-add-n-to-unicode-type-literal-stringsExcept I would like to improve this feature so that it is not limited to just variable declarations, but also for inline string literals.
For example, if an inline string literal contains a unicode character, it should have the N prefix. If anything it should probably be a Code Analysis rule rather than formatting because this change can absolutely impact code behavior. So I think it's better suited to be an analysis rule.
6 votes -
Surround highlighted text with
Surround highlighted text with 'thing' instead of replacing it. Like in azure data studio or visual studio, pressing "(" will surround the highlighted text instead of replacing it. I have created surround snippets to surround the highlighted text with what I want; it's just not as good to use.
6 votes -
The automatic aliasing of tables and views could be improved
Say I typed the code below, just to look at the content of a table (don't slam me for the SELECT *, this is pseudo code).
SELECT * FROM dbo.Address AS A
dbo.Address was automatically aliased as "A", which is fine.
Now, let me double-click on "Address" and replace this table name with another one, just because I want to save time:
SELECT * FROM dbo.Affiliation AS A AS A
This time, the table was automatically aliased again, but your feature does not seem to care if the table was already aliases.
So now, the table is double aliased.
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Create snippet to apply on each line in the selected text.
I really love the add (quotes and) commas feature in SQL Prompt. Unfortunately we cannot produce a snippet similar to those.
If you select some text it would be nice to format each line to a certain format.
Like for exampleE46337E5-ECBC-41D4-A63E-A994E16BD8F7
669F0B8E-5E1C-47CE-A799-81B47C9BC045
65D23D56-7EB8-44AE-9158-C3D8B5684357
AAFE4057-10B9-4AE8-BE76-C22537D29790
4426C0B6-6216-4BFE-BE54-C1D917B593A5
7BC5ED9E-E8C3-4618-B625-786F4B931D97
01A37706-63FA-46E5-99EE-293FF290B34D
94CAB432-EA1C-4972-8CD6-3C8B9E1A096B
2C801ADE-995A-4158-9D0A-7DA03911D093
425BAAC6-6A0B-419C-B393-79B21A628538turn into
('E46337E5-ECBC-41D4-A63E-A994E16BD8F7'),
('669F0B8E-5E1C-47CE-A799-81B47C9BC045'),
('65D23D56-7EB8-44AE-9158-C3D8B5684357'),
('AAFE4057-10B9-4AE8-BE76-C22537D29790'),
('4426C0B6-6216-4BFE-BE54-C1D917B593A5'),
('7BC5ED9E-E8C3-4618-B625-786F4B931D97'),
('01A37706-63FA-46E5-99EE-293FF290B34D'),
('94CAB432-EA1C-4972-8CD6-3C8B9E1A096B'),
('2C801ADE-995A-4158-9D0A-7DA03911D093'),
('425BAAC6-6A0B-419C-B393-79B21A628538')OR even better
prepend
SELECT t.x FROM (VALUES
and append
) t(x)
I often use this format to look up data in the database. I know I can achieve this with Excel and consorts. Or even with…
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SQL history - Allow user to set custom SqlHistory.db save location
SQL Prompt allows users to set custom directories for various files.
It would be nice to be able to change the location of the SqlHistory.db and other files that load to localappdata.
I would love to have this update to a folder in my oneDrive folder so it is backed up and easier to migrate between computers.
The only way to do this now is via REGEDIT.
6 votes -
SQL History showing the query on the preview pane while hovering
Bring back TAB History!!! In the meantime, in SQL History, show the query/tab on the preview right side pane while hovering over the query on the left side.
6 votes -
Add the ability to specify a named formatting style using a comment block.
Add the ability to specify a named formatting style using a comment block.
Add functionality to specify, in a comment block, what formatting style should be used when formatting the current file. It could be a simple addition to the existing turn-on/off formatting comment.
Perhaps something like this:
--SQL Prompt Formatting On - Style = "My Style"The above would turn on formatting and specify what style to use.
This functionality would be helpful in many ways.
It is already convenient to have multiple formatting rules, this would keep the user from having to remember what rules apply to what…
6 votes -
Add or remove square brackets (easily!)
Have buttons to add/remove square brackets rather than tucked away under Options, so they can be toggled on or off easily.
And/or move the square brackets option out of Options and into the actual formatting style (like the option to remove additional whitespace) so it can be saved and shared as a template
6 votes -
Align SET statements around = sign
I am a brand new user (1 day) for SQL PROMPT. I managed to get my parameter statements to align, but there is no option on my custom formatting style to align my set statements. See the attached jpg. Trying to get it to look like the yellow highlighted area.
6 votes -
Option to prevent removal of brackets on database and server names
Removing brackets from database names causes VS schema compare to indicate file differences because VS requires database reference variables to be enclosed in brackets. Need an option to exclude removal of brackets from database and server in three and four part names.
6 votes -
ADS wildcard extension
Please add the wildcard extension (select * => select col1, col2, ...) to SqlPrompt in ADS, the same as it works in SSMS.
6 votes -
Unformat Query
Add a menu Item option to unformat a query. In other words take the query that is highlighted or every query in the script and convert them to be on a single line with only a single space between keywords, words, and operators.
This would be very useful for having to copy SQL into a table or other some object that shouldn't have normal formatting in it.
An option would be to double up all single quotes, so that the query can be placed between single quotes.6 votes
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