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.
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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…
335 votesWe’ll look at this for future release.
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SSMS 18.0 redraw issues when switching between multiple query windows
SSMS 18.0 redraw issues when switching between multiple query windows
Repro:
1. Open SSMS
2. Open a new query window and enter and execute a command, such as:
SELECT @@SPID;
3. Open a second query window
4. Using your mouse, switch back and forth between the two open query windows by clicking on their tabs.
5. After several clicks (five to ten?), the content of the first window (query and result pane) may appear to be displayed in the second window, but you can't interact with any of the text.
6. Switching back and forth a few more times may…51 votesThanks everybody for providing the list. I’ve passed the info to the Visual Studio Team.
In the meanwhile, I have 2 more requests:
1) If you happen to have Visual Studio 2017 (version 15.9.11 or greater), could you check and see if it shows the same behavior?
2) If you happen to have SSMS 17.9.1 on the same machine, could you check and see if it shows the same behavior?I’m hearing from folks here that “changing SSMS such that it disables h/w acceleration by default” is not a recommended thing to do… However, quite honestly, at this point, it may be the only option I can think about.. :-(
-Matteo
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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…
31 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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SSMS 18.1 Crashes when Opening a Database Diagram
SSMS 18.1 crashes (and restarts) when opening a database diagram without any error message.
I have created several diagrams from scratch thinking it might have to do with old formatting, but this does not appear to be the case.
You can edit a diagram (adding dozens of tables) with no problem. It is the opening of the diagram that results in the crash.
Latest bits for SSMS and SQL Server 2017 installed today.
SQL Server Management Studio 15.0.18131.0
Microsoft Analysis Services Client Tools 15.0.1347.0
Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 10.0.18362.1
Microsoft MSXML 3.0 6.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.11.18362.0
Microsoft .NET…26 votesThanks for the suggestion. We’ll take a look at it and prioritize accordingly.
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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.22 votes -
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.
19 votesCould you check if “C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\140\Tools\Binn\ManagementStudio\1033\Microsoft.DataWarehouse.VsIntegration.rll” is missing from your machine?
If it is, you may try two things (either one) to alleviate the pain:
1) Locate ssms.pkgundef (typically at “C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\140\Tools\Binn\ManagementStudio\ssms.pkgundef”)
Edit it and add a line line this at the bottom:
[$RootKey$\FontAndColors\Data Warehouse Designer]
2) Grab the missing file from a machine running the same version of SSMS (it could be a temporary VM with just that binary)It would be helpful if somebody could share (OneDrive or equivalent) the content of the TEMP\SSMSSetup folder (that’s the history of the SSMS setup): it may reveal useful info for us.
Note: there may be sensitive information in those log files (machine names, path names, etc…), so use your best judgement.-Matteo
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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.
18 votesWe will investigate this for a future release.
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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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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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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.
10 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 17.3 excessive memory usage
SSMS consumes large amounts of memory & CPU, even when idle. Disabling intellisense has no effect
10 votesThanks for bringing it up to our attention (once again).
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SQL Server Management Studio: Restore Database from Device HANGS on clicking "..."
When I wish to restore a database from a *.back file, I go into SSMS, select Tasks->Restore Database, and on the dialog, I click the "From Device" radio button, and then click the "..." button to browse to the *.bak file I wish to restore. This then HANGS for MINUTES before the "select a backup device" dialog appears and allows me to drill down and select the backup file.
I have literally HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS (maybe THOUSANDS) of *.bak files on a big data drive with lots of folders. It seems like it might be trying to iterate over all…
8 votesCould tell how you get to the Restore Database Dialog?
Are you clicking on the “Databases” node or are you clicking on an actual database node in Object Explorer?
What I’ve observed is that, at least in my configuration, the hang only happens when I right click on the database node. So, I’m curious to know how it behaves on your machine when you right click on the “Databases” note/folder.
Incidentally, this is what other folks on this thread reported… so while it is not a fix, it is a good mitigation.
Unfortunately, the issue is not trivial to address and, as I said elsewhere, it’s been around for years (in a more or less outstanding way).
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SSMS: Allow forcing case-insensitive matching in Object Explorer filters
In SSMS, when filtering objects in Object Explorer, comparisons on string properties (e.g. Name) use the collation of the database or instance, depending on whether you are filtering database-level or instance-level meta-data, respectively. Hence, when either level is using either a case-sensitive or binary collation, it is not possible to do a case-insensitive search of objects at that level. Having a "case-insensitive" check-box per each filterable Property would be super awesome 😺. Even better might be a "flip case sensitivity" check-box that would then also make it a case-sensitive comparison in an otherwise case-insensitive context.
This situation lead to the…
4 votesThanks for filing this request. We’ll take a look at it and prioritize.
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SSMS: Object Explorer Filtering allows for SQL Injection (oops)
When applying filters in Object Explorer (in any "Filter Settings" dialog) in SSMS 17.9.1 and 2018 Preview 6 (and possibly versions prior to 17), it is possible to inject SQL into the query executed by SSMS, simply by using a single quote / apostrophe. Yes, the app code clearly escapes a single apostrophe into two apostrophes, but the string containing the apostrophe is concatenated into a Dynamic SQL string executed via sp_executesql. The string entered via the UI to filter on is intended to be used within a string literal within the Dynamic SQL string. In this case I filtered…
4 votesThanks for reporting this issue. We’ll take a look at it.
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Registered Server modifications via SQLServer PowerShell module bug
There is an apparent bug in version 21.1.18068 of the SQLServer PowerShell module when creating Registered Servers groups and registrations. When created at the PowerShell prompt they are not reflected in the Registered Servers window (even after refresh, or reboot). Existing groups and registrations seen in the Registered Servers window are not available at the Powershell prompt using commands such as dir or Get-ChildItem.
The commands I use to create groups and registrations at the PoweShell prompt are similar to:
# group
New-Item -Path "sqlserver:\SQLRegistration\Database Engine Server Group\AllServers"
# registration
New-Item -Name $(encode-sqlname 'sqlsrv') -path "sqlserver:\SQLRegistration\Database Engine Server Group\AllServers" -ItemType…4 votesThanks for the suggestion. We are going to take a look and get back to you.
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SSMS 18 opens wrong server log
SSMS 18.0 always opens the current server log even if you've double-clicked an older archive log in the object explorer.
3 votesThanks for the reporting the issue. We’ll take a look at it and prioritize accordingly.
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Add AAD Auth to Invoke-SqlCmd
Please add Azure Active Directory authentication as an option for the Invoke-SqlCmd cmdlet to connect to an Azure SQL DB.
3 votesCool. It was already on my backlog…
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PowerShell get-item for SSIS package returns "number of keys" error
PS SQLSERVER:\SSIS\VDEMO\DEMO\Catalogs\SSISDB\Folders\Demo\Projects\Deployment\Packages> $pkg = get-item 'Package.dtsx'
Get-Item : Cannot retrieve the dynamic parameters for the cmdlet. SQL Server PowerShell provider error: The number of keys specified does not match the number of keys required to address this object. The number of keys required
are: Name.
At line:1 char:8
+ $pkg = get-item 'Package.dtsx'
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Get-Item], ParameterBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : GetDynamicParametersException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetItemCommand3 votes -
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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