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How to change the web browser used by SSMS when you hit Ctrl+Alt+R

Tue, 15 Feb 2022 01:32:52 -0500

Question

When I am running:

Ctrl+Alt+R will run the web browser in an SSMS tab. However, this now produces the message:

I do have MS Edge installed but SSMS is not finding it. What should I do to help SSMS find MS Edge and use it?

Remove/suppress dashes from "Results to Text" output in SSMS?

Mon, 15 Jun 2020 06:58:39 -0400

Question

(This is just a "reproducer", not the real code, because that's long and complicated.)

The output of

SET NOCOUNT ON
select @@SERVICENAME
select @@version

is:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MSSQLSERVER

Microsoft SQL Server 2014 (SP3-CU4) (KB4500181) - 12.0.6329.1 (X64) Jul 20 2019 21:42:29 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation Enterprise Edition: Core-based Licensing (64-bit) on Windows NT 6.3 <X64> (Build 9600: ) (Hypervisor)

Should I install SSMS on a server running SQL Server?

Tue, 14 Apr 2020 09:00:27 -0400

There’s a lot of advice out there on the internet that suggests that you should not install SSMS on your database servers running SQL Server.

This came up at work recently, where I was asked “Should we install SSMS on our database servers?” and my answer is:

Removing [square brackets] from generated SSMS scripts

Tue, 17 Jul 2018 10:42:04 -0400

This red panda is sad because it has to use [brackets] on its code. Might also be sad to find out it's not actually a panda.

The number of people who really love having their code [quoted] with [square brackets] is pretty small. The vast majority of people who I meet really hate them, and promptly remove them.

Reconnect "not connected" query windows in SSMS to original connection

Mon, 14 Aug 2017 14:20:38 -0400

Question

Is there a simple way to reconnect a query window that is “not connected” to the original connection that was used by that query without manually picking the server name needed? If I click the Connect button on the SQL Editor toolbar or right click -> Connection -> Connect… it defaults the server name to the last connection I used in that SSMS session, not to the last connection used by that specific query window.

Keyboard shortcut to close a query tab in SSMS

Fri, 27 Jan 2017 08:00:22 -0500

Shortcuts & tips from an Impatient DBA

This series of short posts will demonstrate some lesser-known features, keyboard shortcuts, and other tips that make my day as a DBA more productive. None of these are groundbreaking super-secret features–they are the little things that I do as part of my daily work that make me more efficient.

SSMS Template Replacement

Thu, 19 May 2016 09:00:30 -0400

Shortcuts & tips from an Impatient DBA

Microsoft sql server management studio (SSMS) shortcut for changing size of sql/result panes

Mon, 16 May 2016 11:09:17 -0400

Question

In the good old days there was a shortcut ctrl-B for changing the size of the Query & Result panes in the Query Analyzer sql editor.

In Query Analyzer, just press ctrl-B and the screen splitter handle was in focus. Then repeatedly press up/down arrows until the size was right.

Shortcuts Cheat Sheet - SSMS & Windows

Mon, 07 Mar 2016 08:00:29 -0500

Edit: I've published an updated version of my cheat sheet. Find the latest version by in the sidebar -->

I've presented my **Shortcuts from an Impatient DBA** talk a few times now, and I really love it. Everyone learns something, whether you're a Junior Developer, or a multi-decade veteran, or a Data Platform MVP.

This past weekend, after presenting at SQLSaturday Chicago, Brent Ozar (blog|twitter) suggested that as an attendee, it would have been nice to have some sort of handout to follow along with. I guess Brent was learning so many things that he couldn’t take notes fast enough.

SSMS on Andy M Mallon - AM²

How to change the web browser used by SSMS when you hit Ctrl+Alt+R

Question

Remove/suppress dashes from "Results to Text" output in SSMS?

Question

Should I install SSMS on a server running SQL Server?

Removing [square brackets] from generated SSMS scripts

Reconnect "not connected" query windows in SSMS to original connection

Question

Keyboard shortcut to close a query tab in SSMS

Shortcuts & tips from an Impatient DBA

SSMS Template Replacement

Shortcuts & tips from an Impatient DBA

Microsoft sql server management studio (SSMS) shortcut for changing size of sql/result panes

Question

Shortcuts Cheat Sheet - SSMS & Windows

SSMS Vertical block highlighting & editing

Shortcuts & tips from an Impatient DBA #11

Common SSMS keyboard shortcuts

Shortcuts & tips from an Impatient DBA #7

SSMS Query Shortcuts

Shortcuts & tips from an Impatient DBA #4