I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to do this.
I have tried looking through some of the options in the SQL Server Management Studio 2008 but I can't find how to do it, I am sure it is simple.
Can anyone tell me where to turn this off?
Thanks,
EDIT: This is the Prompt that comes up any time you open a new query window , do your stuff and then try to close w/o saving.
You can't turn this off
However, if you want to do something about it, vote for it on connect:
http://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/308372/permit-nameless-windows-that-do-not-need-saving-in-ssms
If you are talking about the "Save changes to the following items?" prompt when closing a query window, I think (sadly) the answer is no:
https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/629405/
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I'm trying to identify a SQL Server Management Studio option (when writing/running queries) that provides table/column auto-complete functionality in the query editor. Unfortunately, SSMS seems to stop giving you Intellisense when you're connected to a SQL Azure database. Is there any way to fix this?
Are there any options, hacks, plugins or anything else that can accomplish this?
I've finally stumbled upon an option. It's non-ideal but it is certainly a huge step in the right direction!
dbForge SQL Complete is a SSMS plugin that replaces SSMS's built-in Intellisense with its own auto-complete engine. This is a HUGE improvement when connected to SQL Azure, but so far the free version feels like a step backwards when connected to traditional SQL Server instances. Overall, I think we're going to prefer using this over not using it. I'll come back in a couple days to report how well (or not) it's going.
At least it's an option, though!
New Release of SQL Server Management Studio V17.2 now support Intelliscence so no need to have any other tools for this.
Please note that this will only work in case of SQL Server Authentication, that means logged in using SA Instance.
https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/3100677/ssms-2016-would-be-nice-to-have-intellisense-on-azure-sql-databases
Visual Studio have enabled basic IntelliSense for Azure SQL, but it isn't avalaible easily.
You have to click on table, select from drop menu DROP AND CREATE TO -> New query window and then IntelliSense will work. If you simply use New query it will not.
I just want to close all my query windows without saving, but SSMS always prompts me and I can't find the turn-off switch. Any ideas?
In SQL Server Management Studio 2016 you can unchecked the Prompt to save unsaved T-SQL query windows on close:
The option is under the Query Execution\SQL Server\General sub-menu.
Once unchecked, the annoying prompt for saving is disabled.
There isn't an off switch - currently!
Microsoft are reluctant to add one, but you can perhaps join the growing throng of people who are trying to persuade them:
prompting-for-modified-windows-when-closing-ssms-should-be-optional
The feature doesn't exist, but you can vote for it here.
I cannot use the Ctrl+F and Ctrl+H in my SQL Management studio. Even if I use the menu items it doesn't work. Haven't installed anything new or changed anything recently. Any ideas?
Have you recently used multi-monitor? Is it possible that it is opening off-screen? I get this problem a lot when disconnecting my laptop from an external monitor...
(edit) There is a Window -> Reset Window Layout menu option in SSMS 2008, that should fix it.
Perfect! multi-monitor causes this.. Just minimize VS. Put to the other monitor.
You'll see opened window when you Ctrl+F
Irina
I currently have this issue also, I am using two monitors but this appears not to be the cause. I say this as the instance of management studio that I have open has two queries - both are connected to the same Server and Instance. On one query, Ctrl+F works fine, on the other query it won't work at all.
I think this is in some way related to debugging - the query which does not allow Ctrl+F currently I mistakenly debugged (as opposed to running) and after this the find/find replace functionality does not work!
Does anyone have any experience of developing external tools for SSMS 2005.
Ideally I would like to be able to interact with the query windows directly, for example, taking the query text from the window to perform some processing on it.
Any pointers in the right direction would be great.
Thanks in advance
Very late entry...
Example of how to do it here
And here too
Have you looked at Sql Server Management Objects (SMO)?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms162557.aspx
The best example of this I have seen for SSMS is SQL Prompt by Red Gate
SQL Prompt runs a seperate .NET app that sits in your systray and is in some way part of the magic of the integration.
For loading an add-in, you will want to create a key under:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\Shell\AddIns\
...in order to have SSMS load your add-in.
Hope this helps
This link explains adding external tools to ssms with screen shots.
It also has procedure to add them as a button.
http://sqlserverlearner.com/2011/sql-server-external-tools
Would you recommend me the best approach to edit SQL query with Visual Studio 2008 Professional, please?
I know I can open Query window from context menu in Server Explorer and edit text in SQL Pane. But unfortunately I am not allowed to save query to a file and Find and Replace commands are not working there.
Alternatively I can open text file with extension .SQL in Visual Studio editor obtaining syntax highlighting and full editing capabilities but losing possibility to execute the script.
Now I copy query text from one window to another and back but I hope there is better solution.
Many thanks for suggestions!
When I have to connect to Sql Server, I use NetBeans, as it has a number of features that make it much easier to use than Visual Studio. One of these is intellisense, which is very useful when you have an alias for a table name and lots of long field names. The general handling of connections and connection pools is also much cleaner in NetBeans. I could go on, but suggest trying it for yourself. You will almost certainly need the Sql Server jdbc driver, which can be downloaded from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937724.aspx
If you create a Database project within your solution in Visual Studio, then you can set up a default database connection for that project. Then any *.sql files that are included in the database project can be executed against that connection. What I usually do is select the text to be exectued and right-click it, then select "Run Selection".
You can set up any number of database connections under the "Database References" node in the solution explorer, and choose the one you want to run your query against.
Wow you are right, this is a real pain. Would it be acceptable for you to use a local copy of the SQL Management Studio (the name might be wrong)? You would be outside of VS but you could still edit your query and run it at the same time. Definitely not optimal but better than nothing.
Good luck.