SQL Server
Microsoft SQL Server 2017 powers your entire data estate by supporting structured and unstructured data sources. It builds on previous versions of SQL Server, which have been industry leading for four years in a row and a leader in TPC-E. It scales to petabytes of data and allows customers to process big data through PolyBase using T-SQL over any data. SQL Server has also been the least vulnerable database during the last seven years. SQL Server 2017 brings data insights with business intelligence capabilities that provide analytics at a fraction of the cost on any device along with advanced analytics with support for R and Python.
More details about SQL Server are available in the SQL Server documentation.
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Add a Keyboard Shortcut that Executes the Statement where the Cursor is placed
Having to select statements by clicking and holding the mouse is just bad ergonomics. Request to have a keyboard shortcut which runs the current sql statement. The current sql statement is defined based on where the cursor is placed. For example, proposed shortcut runs only runs a single sql statement to the next semicolon. This shortcut would be an equivalent to Oracle's SQL developer's ctrl + enter shortcut. Note that this is probably the most used shortcut in SQL Developer and not having an equivalent on SQL Server Management Studio is disappointing. I know that not everyone ends their statements…
278 votesWe’ll look at this for future release.
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Porting SMO Library to .NET Core
SQL Server has been ported to Linux for over a year now and it is time the complete SMO library (or what can be) is ported over to cross-platform as well.
Only 9 or so core files have been ported over to .NET Core and this allowed the sqlserver module to port over a small set of cmdlets to PS Core. This does not work for other modules like dbatools that use a wider berth of the library.
There are plenty of other modules in PowerShell (and applications too) that would like to provide cross-platform support for managing SQL Server…
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Visual Studio 2017 SSDT adds hardcoded master.dacpac include
Visual Studio 2017 seems to add a hardcoded path to the master.dacpac if I include it in a project of mine. Older versions of the SSDT used the $(DacPacRootPath) variable to get the master.dacpac.
This is really annoying as it breaks the builds on our build server where the master.dacpac is installed in a different folder than on my development machine.
59 votesCurrently investigating a fix, and we’ll try to get this in a future update.
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SSMS 2016 does not remember added SQL Snippets folder
You can add your own snippets in SSMS bij using the Code Snippet Manager.
In the Code Snippet Manager window you have the possibility to add a folder containing customer snippets by using the "Add..." button.
This works fine as long as you're not closing SSMS. After restarting SSMS you have to add the folder again because it is no longer available in the snippets.23 votesThanks for the feedback. We’ll take a look.
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Azure AD authentication in Import Export wizard in SSMS
Ssms 2017 doesn't have the capability to use Azure AD authentication in Import/Export wizard.
We have stopped providing Sql authenticated users to support people, we are using AD authentication which works seamlessly. However there is one more place in SSMS which requires the functionality.When users try to use import export wizard they dont have possibility to use Azure AD authentication instead they need to use a SQL authentication which completely ruins our security setup and going back to the old way of accessing Azure Sql db.
Can the SSMS team add this little functionality so that it does in…
22 votesWe’ll investigate for a future release.
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SQL History SSMS
In SSMS, keep track of all SQL run within SSMS and enable recall to run again. Store in local file/db. Do not store results but do store result stats. Such as Execution Time, Number of rows returned, date executed.
Click to open in new window. Allow choice of connection to run against.
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SEQUENCE gets reset on Publish from SSDT DB Project
When you add a sequence to a database project and have it start at 1 and then deploy the project to a database, the first time it gets created correctly.
When you get more values and the sequence next value is 100 and then publish the project again, the publish generates an ALTER SEQUENCE dbo.SequencObject RESTART WITH 1; statement and that should not happen when the sequence object already exists.17 votes -
Move SSMS and Updates into WSUS
I want to control SSMS and updates via WSUS. Please add to the catalog for importing or add to Products under SQL Server in the WSUS catalog.
16 votesWe will investigate this for a future release.
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SQL Server Management Studio - search interface bug, crashing SSMS
There is a bug in SQL Server Management Studio (17.9 and all below) that force the application to crash/restart. In order to reproduce follow the steps below:
1. Select database from the object explorer
2. Press F7 to open Object Explorer Details window and perform a search to object
3. After the search completes, select the object, right click on it and then click "synchronized" from the menu.
4. Then click the `BACK` button several times (fast). You will get the following error:"There is already a commandd handler for the menu command 'guid goes here: 189."
After several clicks…
13 votesThank you guys for reporting the issue. We will be taking a look as soon as possible.
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Performance Dashboard / Expensive Queries / copy query text
When using the reports in the SSMS Performance Dashboard, you are unable to copy the query text from any of the "expensive queries" reports. Make it so you can either click to view the query in a new query window, or right-click the query to copy the text for pasting into a new window.
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SSMS 17 Tools > Options > Environment > Fonts and Colors missing Display items
In a generic SSMS 17.2 install on a Windows 7 64-bit workstation, if I open Tools > Options > Environment > Fonts and Colors, I only get 3 items in the 'Display items:' list: Plain Text, Selected Text, and Inactive Selected Text. I have no options to change anything else. In my SSMS 2016 install, I have over 200 items in the 'Display items:' pick list. Comparison screenshot here: https://imgur.com/a/XiGMm
I have tried resetting all settings to default in the Import and Export Settings Wizard. No change.
12 votesHello
We are trying to setup a repro in-house.
Will post an update once we are able to do so..thanks,
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SSMS v17 - Object must implement IConvertible. (mscorlib)
When a query is selected with the mouse/keyboard, and then "Analyze Query in Database Engine Tuning Advisor" option in the context menu is selected the following error appears.
"The argument type 'server type = Sql, server name = KSHQ-DB, timeout = 30, database = KSH_Cloudcare, protocol = NotSpecified, workstation = , integrated security = True' cannot be converted into parameter type 'Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common.SqlConnectionInfo'. (mscorlib)
Object must implement IConvertible. (mscorlib)"8 votesThis is a known issue and it is being fixed (probably in the next major release of SSMS).
Aside from the workaround listed here (update the dtashell.exe.config), another “workaround” is to upgrade from a previous version of SSMS 17.x (e.g. going from 17.4 to 17.5): that has the nice side effect of fixing the dtashell.exe.config as well.
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Locate backups in azure container fails when Shared Access Signature contains sip parameter
1. I have a SAS created as here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/lesson-1-create-stored-access-policy-and-shared-access-signature, but i added ip restrictions (IpRange argument in GetSharedAccessSignature ), so that sas contains paramter sip=x.x.x.x-y.y.y.y
2. When I use this SAS in SSMS 17.4 to restore the backup, then in the "Locate Backup File In Microsoft Auzre" popup i cannot see any files. The reason is that SSMS issues invalid rest call, as it does not include the sip parameter, and that is the reason why the call is not authorized.7 votes -
Remove Brackets from SSMS script generation
I won�t argue technical merits and I doubt this will sway the 800 lb. gorilla. But all one need do is listen to the chatter on the internet to realize that the use of brackets in SSMS script generation is a royal PIA. I respectfully request an option to remove them in SSMS. At the end of the day, you know this can be done and it would make a whole lot of of MSFT customers happy. Thank you.
6 votesI don’t have a date for this but we’ll start making progress on this. When we fix this in SqlManagementObjects then it will show up in SSMS, mssql-scripter, and SQL ops studio.
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SSMS - Grid Results Background Colour
Please can you fix the issue with the grid results background colour being ignored in SSMS? If you try and change the colour, it always stays at white. This bug has been around since SQL 2005!!! Surely it's just one line of code, "background.color=xxxx"? - How can you let this bug drag on for at least 11 years!! The dark themes in Visual Studio work perfectly, why can't we have this is SSMS?
6 votesthanks for reporting this.
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new TRANSLATE function syntax not recognized by SSMS 17.3
The new TRANSLATE function is not recognized as valid syntax by SSMS 17.3 intellisense, though it executes just fine against SQL Server 17 instances. The TRANSLATE syntax is underlined in red with the warning "'TRANSLATE' is not a recognized built-in function name"
Tested against SQL Server 17 RTM.
6 votesThanks for reporting the issue. We’ll look into fixing it in the next major release of SSMS.
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Appending datetime to the end of ""Commands completed successfully ... 2018-03-05 09:28:10.1829207"
When I make any change to a stored procedure & compile it (F5),
besides just returning ...
"Commands completed successfully."Could we append a datetime to the end of that please ?
"Commands completed successfully ... 2018-03-05 09:28:10.1829207"Buddy
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Set the Maximum Size of the SQL Server Error Logs
In SQL Server 2012 and later versions, you can use xp_instance_regwrite to set the maximum size of individual error logs. Please make this setting available via SMO, instead of having to use xp_instance_regwrite.
Documentation for this feature can be found here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2199578/how-to-manage-the-sql-server-error-log
3 votesI’ll get this going for 17.7
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Add SubSystem Property to Get-SqlAgentJobStep Default Output
Please add the SubSystem property to the default output of the Get-SqlAgentJobStep cmdlet. Adding this to property to the default output will make it more obvious to customers that they can easily filter their results when searching for things like 'Jobs which contain a Step-Type of SSIS package'.
(Please also consider making the Name property 10-charachters wider by default.)
2 votesThanks for the suggestion.
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Scripting Delete action to new query window is deleting the maintenance plans without even executing the script
SQL Server version: Microsoft SQL Server 2014 (SP2) (KB3171021) - 12.0.5000.0
Tested using SSMS 17 and SSMS 12Scripting Delete action to new query window for Maintenance plans is deleting the maintenance plans without actually executing the script:
Steps:
1)Create a maintenance plan using maintenance plan wizard
2)This creates maintenance plan under path : Server or Instance Name>Management>Maintenance Plans along with a corresponding job under Sql server agent when viewed from SSMS
3)Now right click on the Maintenance plan that gets created from step 1 in location specified in step 2 above and click delete
4)But instead of clicking OK…2 votesthanx, we’ll look into a fix for a future release to help avoid data loss.
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