The best SQL Code collections come as text files, often containing over a hundred scripts. See, for example: Creating a SQL Code Snippet in SQL Prompt and SSMS. We can extend SQL Prompt’s built-in collection of snippets simply by adding any new ones via the GUI. This would save a lot of time spent in hunting in various places for the right version of the script we need. What most developers and DBAs would like is to be able to manage all their different collections in one place, and then have instant access to all their useful snippets and queries, when developing code or troubleshooting in SSMS. Maintaining a central collection of snippets Programmers can speed up development time by using code snippets instead of wasting time typing repetitive code or ‘googling’ for samples. For various examples of useful snippets, see these SQL Code Snippet articles. SQL Prompt also provides a set of built-in code snippets in a more utilitarian form, with the advantage of allowing replacement points (variables) and allowing you to insert any pre-defined block of code instantly, at the current cursor position in a query pane. SSMS template and snippets provides some built-in ‘boilerplates’ for creating various types of database object. A DBA might also have a directory full of snippets just for maintaining Service Broker.Ī SQL code snippet, as we’re defining it here, is any of these, but stored in a particular form that means we can insert the required snippet directly into a query pane, within SSMS. For example, we might have one directory containing metadata queries for exploring SQL Server databases and another for diagnostic queries to troubleshoot performance, and another with template and snippets for creating tables, views, indexes and so on. Why SQL Code Snippets?Įvery DBA and Developer likes to maintain various collections of useful SQL code snippets, queries and clips, each for a particular purpose. He is a regular contributor to Simple Talk and SQLServerCentral. Phil Factor (real name withheld to protect the guilty), aka Database Mole, has 30 years of experience with database-intensive applications.ĭespite having once been shouted at by a furious Bill Gates at an exhibition in the early 1980s, he has remained resolutely anonymous throughout his career.
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