Write SQL statements

Every SQL document contains the Text View with a built-in SQL editor. You switch to this view to edit your SQL queries.

When you type text in SQL editor, it automatically recognizes it and suggests you the most relevant variants. To open the suggestions, either click Display an Object Member List.

Display an Object Member List

Object information box automatically appears when selecting a suggestion. For tables and views, it provides a list of column names, data types, and nullability, estimate row count information, primary and foreign key icons, indexes icon, object description from extended properties, and owner name. For stored routines, it shows the information on parameters and gives the purposes of functions.

Object information box

Quick object info automatically appears when you point to any existing object and shows the object information in a tooltip. Alternatively, use the Display Quick Info button on the toolbar.

Display quick info

Quick object info

You can not only write and execute one SQL query at a time but also compose SQL scripts. SQL scripts consist of multiple SQL statements separated by the appropriate statement delimiter.

Compose SQL script

For ease of SQL writing and reviewing, you can also use such supported shortcut keys as: CTRL+PLUS (+) KEY (to zoom the query in), CTRL+MINUS (-) KEY (to zoom the query out), CTRL+0 (to return an SQL document to the one-to-one scale).

Shortcuts

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