Though Intellisence is usually a very nice feature to have when working in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), it can sometimes get in the way. Here’s how you can disable it if you ever feel the need to: 1. From the Tools menu, select Options. 2. Select the Text Editor option on the … Continue reading How to Disable Intellisence in SSMS
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How to Get SSMS to Recognize an Existing Object (Refreshing Lists in SSMS)
Ever get this message in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) when you’re certain that the object exists? Then it proves you right when you go ahead and execute the command anyway? Why does SSMS complain that the object doesn’t exist when it obviously does? This happens because SSMS does not monitor database changes made in … Continue reading How to Get SSMS to Recognize an Existing Object (Refreshing Lists in SSMS)
How to Create a Simple Find Feature for your SQL Server Database
As we see in the SQL100:Introduction to Transact-SQL and SQL250:Transact-SQL for Developers courses, SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) has a view (aka panel or window) called Object Explorer that contains all the metadata of a database and much more. But when my students ask me if it has a simple find feature that allows them … Continue reading How to Create a Simple Find Feature for your SQL Server Database
How to select multiple SQL Server database objects in SSMS
My students sometimes ask me how they can script multiple tables, views, or other database objects at once without having to do it one at a time. They correctly point out that you can select only one table at a time in SQL Server Management Studio’s Object Explorer, only one view at a time, one … Continue reading How to select multiple SQL Server database objects in SSMS