I got like 2000 rows of data, when I do select statement I can narrow my query but I cant change any value, as I have to change 50 columns, I dont want to use Update Command as then because values I have to update for each row is unique.
Anyone knows any easier way of selecting data using select command and then edit it.
EDIT
I just went to SQL Management studio, clicked on DB I am working on then find the table, I right clicked on it and then it says "Select top 1000 rows" so Now I can see the query and the data, I added "Where" into query and got what I wanted, but I cant modify the table rows below :S
*Edit 2 *
Or I can develop a Utility that will take Table Name , Column Name and its New value and simply updates it :)
You modify data using an UPDATE statement (with a WHERE clause) in a query window. While Management Studio has a feature called "Edit Top n Rows" that doesn't mean it's a good idea to use it - there are several behavioral bugs that are still unresolved even in the SQL Server 2012 version, and it can also place unnecessary and prohibitive locks on the underlying table.
I know it's not the answer you want to hear, but please become comfortable with proper DML commands. The documentation for UPDATE is found here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms177523(v=sql.100).aspx
The long and short of it, IMHO: If you can identify the rows you want to update by using a SELECT with a WHERE clause, you can also write an UPDATE query using the same WHERE clause.
In SSMS - in the same place you saw "Select top 1000 rows", there should be another option "Open table" or "Edit top 200 Rows" (by default).
If you did that on a table, then pressed the following button:
You should then by able to paste in your select statement you've already written instead of what is there, press the execute button (Red exclamation mark button). The grid that appears is editable.
In general I'd be inclined to agree with #AaronBertrand though, it's better to learn the syntax to Update statements yourself.
If you have Microsoft Access, you can create a linked table to your sql server database and edit it by opening the table and modifying the relevant rows. You can create a query in Microsoft Access as well limiting the rows you want to return, and then you can inline edit the columns you'd like to change in the result set.
See for example here how to create a linked table to SQL Server.
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I am currently working on a project of replacing our old access database queries, but on one of them I am not able to view the actual SQL View.
Does anyone know a way to force the view or to export it somehow?
Error causing problem:
The SQL statement could not be executed because it contains ambiguous outer joins.
Note that I can view the Design View without issue but when I right click on the tab and select SQL View is when I get the error.
I did attempt what #LeeMac mentioned below but same error occurs:
EDIT:
This question is not like Ambiguous Outer Joins?
The OP on that question can actually see and edit their SQL.
My issues is that I cannot see or edit the SQL as the SQL View wont open.
Try executing the following VBA code from the Immediate Window (accessible using Ctrl+G) in the VBA IDE (open the IDE using Alt+F11):
?CurrentDb.QueryDefs("YourQuery").SQL
Replace YourQuery with the name of your query.
This should print the SQL code which comprises your query - you can then analyse the SQL to determine the cause of the error.
It's odd this error would arise when merely viewing the SQL content of the query definition.
It makes me think that the query is perhaps referencing a crosstab subquery which is actually the cause of the error, but which needs to be evaluated in order for MS Access to determine the columns available when viewing the design of the query in question.
Try this:
hit ctrl-g, and from immediate window type in this:
saveastext acQuery,"Name of query","c:\test\mysql.txt"
Access ordinarily doesn't allow you to save invalid queries, so it's strange you somehow got into this situation in the first place.
If you can copy the query, you can easily get to the SQL by changing the query to a passthrough query, either through the GUI or through VBA:
Dim q As DAO.QueryDef
Set q = CurrentDb.QueryDefs!Query1
q.Connect = "ODBC;"
Debug.Print q.SQL
Passthrough queries are not validated, so you can freely read and write anything you want as SQL in it.
Note that this is irreversible when done through VBA. You can only change it back to a normal query once you made the SQL valid again. If you do it through the GUI, you can just not save it, though.
I had this problem and the issue was that i had a subquery that calculated fields but did not actually have a table in it. for example it would calculate first and last day of last month which is 2 calculated fields, then it was the first query in a series of queries that were built off it and the last one wouldnt resolve sql as original poster indicated also gave the ambiguous join message as well as query needs input table (which was that first subquery). i put a table with 1 record in it but didnt use the record and it worked.... so it just a needs a table in it.
In Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), you can right-click on a table, then go to Script Table as -> SELECT To, and then choose a destination for the generated script.
Is there anything similar in DataGrip, or can one be custom created in some way?
The reason I find this useful is because I often find that I'm working with a table with a lot of columns, and I want to select all but a few of them. So it's easier to just have it generate the SELECT statement with all the columns explicitly listed out, so that I can just go through and delete the ones I don't want.
Currently, my workaround in DataGrip is to right-click the table, then choose Copy DDL. This generates the CREATE TABLE statement, which lists out all the columns, but it also includes the column definitions. So I have to do a regex replace or run a macro to get rid of the extra info, which is kind of a pain. Does anyone have a better solution?
In DataGrip as other intellij-based IDEs everything is about source editing. So that can be achieved that way:
Open console
Start typing sel, you'll get completion popup (if not, hit Ctrl+Space)
Select sel here, which is live-template for select statement
Select statement will be generated, asking for table name and column list
Select desired table from completion, as column list provide *
Then hit Alt+Enter on asterisk and select Expand column list
I suggest you to look through https://www.jetbrains.com/datagrip/features/
In DataGrip 2018.3 you can use postfix completion. This is the flexible way to get needed queries.
Try typing
SELECT %table_name%.from
SELECT %table_name%.afrom
SELECT %table_name%.join
And this will be expanded to the needed queries. In the case of from completion you'll be able to write columns.
This makes writing SQL more logical: first, you point table, then columns.
See gif:
I want to edit some row values once I get a query output in the result grid.
Its true that we can right click the table and say open table to get an editable table output, but what I want is editable query output, only certain rows matching for my criteria, and edit them in the result grid.
Can this possible inside Microsoft SQL server Management Studio Express?
Yes, This is possible. Right click on the table and Click on Edit Top 200 Rows as show in image below
Then click anywhere inside the result grid, to enable SQL Icon "Show Sql Pane". This will open sql editor for the table you opted to edit, here you can write your own sql query and then you can directly edit the result set of the query.
You can do something similar to what you want. Right click on a table and select "edit top 200 rows" (if you are on SQL Server 2008) or "open table" in SQL Server 2005. Once you get there, there is a button on the top that says "SQL"; when you click on it, it lets you write an SQL statement and you can edit the results of it if you click a cell you want to change.
The way you can do this is by:
turning your select query into a view
right click on the view and choose Edit All Rows (you will get a grid of values you can edit - even if the values are from different tables).
You can also add Insert/Update triggers to your view that will allow you to grab the values from your view fields and then use T-SQL to manage updates to multiple tables.
SSMS - Right Click Results of Edit 200 | Option | Pane | SQL - edit the statement.
The given answers are still valid. No change in SSMS (SQL Server 2016) has been made on that regard.
You can also use the criteria pane, after doing the "Edit Top 200 Rows".
Show criteria pane
Enter some criterion
Edit data directly in the results grid
Additionally, the number of rows for those commands can be customized in your SSMS options.
No. There is no way you can edit the result grid. The result grid is mainly for displaying purposes of the query you executed.
This for the reason that anybody can execute complex queries. Hopefully for the next release they will include this kind of functionality.
I Hope that answer your question.
UPDATE
as you can see correct solution in Learning answer,
In SQL server management 2014 you can
1.click on "Edit Top 200 Rows"
and then
2.clicking on "Show SQL Pane (ctrl+3)"
and
3.removing TOP (200) from select query
Refer to Shen Lance answer there is not a way to edit Result of select query. and the other answers is only for normal select and only for 200 records.
Just choose "Edit Top 200 rows", press Ctrl + 3 in the edit grid region (or click "Show SQL Pane") and edit the query...
But please note that this will work only for the query that doesn't contain "join"
Yes you can edit joined results. (at least in SSMS 2008 R2) After you edit any of the result values in the View that uses joins, you'll need to execute the query again to refresh the results.
You also need to make sure SSMS is configured to allow "Edit All Rows" ... to do this in SSMS - Tools | Options | SQL Server Object Explorer | Commands ... expand the Table and View Options ... put a value of 0 in "Value for Edit Top n Rows command" ... can do this for the select also.
Yves A Martin's response is 100% correct!
Rob
First of all right click the tale select 'Edit All Rows', select 'Query Designer -> Pane -> SQL ', after that you can edit the query output in the grid.
If you need to frequently perform in-cell edits on SQL databases, HeidiSQL works a treat, couldn't be simpler to use, and is free / open source (donations accepted).
Originally written for MySQL, it can now handle SQL Server, and has experimental (as of Aug 2014) PostgreSQL support as well.
Right click on any table in your dB of interest or any database in the server using master if there are joins or using multiple dBs. Select "edit top 200 rows". Select the "SQL" button in the task bar. Copy and paste your code over the existing code and run again. Now you can edit your query's result set. Sherry ;-)
If the query is written as a view, you can edit the view and update values. Updating values is not possible for all views. It is possible only for specific views. See Modifying Data Through View MSDN Link for more information. You can create view for the query and edit the 200 rows as given below:
To be clear: The option "Value for Edit Top Rows command" has nothing to do with the fact if a result set is editable or not. It is just a way to limit the result set.
Editing the result set of a query based on one and only one table is obviously always possible.
The result set of a query based on more than one table is under following condition possible:
You can edit the fields in the result set at once if they belong to one and only one based table in the query! If the fields are Primary Key, then you have to fulfill refresh/"Execute SQL" (Ctrl+R) after each row update, in order to be able to edit a row next time. If the fields are not Primary Key, then you do not need to fulfill refresh/"Execute SQL" (Ctrl+R).
I have tested it on SQL Server 2008 - 2016!
My scenario:
I can change the ordinal position of a column in a table.Is there a way to change the ordinal position of a column in a table without recreating the table?
No, you have to recreate the table if you wish to achieve this. (SQL SERVER)
Even when you do this in SSMS, you will see that the script that is generated also recreates the table.
Not in SQL Server - Not sure about other RDBMSs.
You can create a View with the desired ordinal positions but the only time I can think that would be useful is if you are using SELECT * which is a practice that should be avoided anyway.
Hi it depends on the database system you use.
For example in some it is possible to remove and add a column and you can do it in a procedure part where you also can refill it.
But in general it shouldn't matter as you can define the returned data order in your select statement. Is not that enough for you?
Without recreating the Table is Not possible. However, if your concern is about loosing the data here is an option provided by SQl Server Management Studio.
Note: I have used Sql Server 2019 Developer Edition.
Right Click on the Table name and Choose Design Option
Using your Cursor Drag the position of your Column to your desired Position
SQlServer Table Design Options
If you want to do it at script level, You can see the idea below provided by SSMS
Enable the "Auto Generate Change Script" Option available in Tools Menu --> Options --> Designers --> Table and Database Designers.
Enabling the Auto Generate Change Script Option
When you drag the Column in SSMS it will automatically creates the Script for you.
The High level Idea in the auto generated Script is,
Creating a Table with Temp_YourTableName with desired Order of Columns
Copying all the Data from the Original Table to new Temp_YourTableName
Drop the Original Table
Renaming the Temp_YourTableName to Original YourTableName
of course doing everything with Transaction scope to avoid any data loss while the script is executing.
I found a good reason why some time we need to do this here. Interestingly, it is based on Context and not to do anything with Technical.
Say for example, Original Address Table Contains, Street Address 1, City, State, Zip and Country columns. If the requirement Changes to include a new Columns like Street Address 2 this would be meaning full.
In PL/SQL Developer v7.1.x, is there way way to ignore large data types in queries or the "Query Data" feature. For example: If you right click on table FOO, and select "Query Data" this will execute a SELECT * FROM FOO. If that table contains BLOB data the query will take a while to complete and temporarily lock up the application. This is especially problematic when querying remote databases (for obvious reasons).
I would like a way to tell PL/SQL Developer not to retrieve large data by default. I know there is a way to limit the ResultSet size but this doesn't do what I am looking for.
I could just select each column I wanted ignoring certain ones but then I couldn't use the "Query Data" feature.
Thanks.
No, the Query Data feature does one thing and one thing only - queries all the data.
What you might find useful is that you can drag the name of a table or view from the Browser into a SQL Window, choose "Select" from the menu that pops up, and it will generate a SELECT statement on the table with all the column names included - but does not execute the query straight away. You can then edit it however you like (e.g. comment out the LOB columns) before you run it.
I know that Toad has something like that built in, but I'm not aware of a PL/SQL Developer option that disables BLOBS.
The option you are left with, for now, is to simply select all the columns individually and truncate the blob.
ie:
select foo, bar, trunc(baz,100) from foo where ...
Create a View that doesn't contain the blob column or whatever columns you don't routinely want to look at.