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dbForge Studio for SQL Server is an SQL server development tool incorporating query builder, data import/export and compare tools for managing and analyzing data.

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  1. I have data in a text editor which is tab-separated. I copied one line from the text editor with 44 tab-separated integer values no higher than 788 to the clipboard. I then opened a table with 100 columns in edit mode, pressed insert to add a new row and pasted the copied line. The line looks fine at the moment (before sending crash report and restarting), i.e. the paste operation seams to work on the visual layer, but then the crash report showed up.

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  2. Default file save encoding is UTF-8. Would be nice to be able to change the default to something else, e.g. Western European (Windows) -Codepage 1252 to make it easier to work with those scripts in other tools.

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  3. when i view a query result, i see all the records selected. i need a quick way to select these records and import into excel. the current copy to csv to clipboard separates the data with a semicolon. when i paste this to xls, it puts each row into cell A. i have to save the file and then import to xls and change the field separator to a semi colon.

    thanks

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  4. Can you add the features in the Card View of the record to scroll the value with the scroll's button mouse?
    When I have many columns its long to press all the time the arrow

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  5. View object by schema. This would make the explorer more clear and easier to find objects if you've lots of tables and views split by schema

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  6. That combination is used to switch between Windows languages. In the latest update dbForge awaits pressing some additional key upon Ctrl+Shift. Because of this, the first letter is not printed after pressing Ctrl+Shift.

    Let combinations with Ctrl+Shift to work only when these keys are hold down.

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  7. It is typical to write or extend a sql stmt on the top of a query window and to see the result in the bottom.
    dbForge has not that standard behaviour for this window. My Suggestion is to configure or save the last the window layout as it will be needed.
    I know there are two buttons in the bottom to click on to change this layout but when you work the whole day with this tool and you have click 200 times a day these both buttons it's getting bothersome and not a good user experience.

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  8. The scaling on 4k monitors is not very good. Most text is readable but some text like on the title bar and in code-completion dropdowns are being truncated. I have to override the high DPI scaling behavior and set it to System to make it more readable and user friendly. Of course, when I do this it makes some text like that on the start page slightly fuzzy.

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  9. When I filter the results grid in DBForge Studio for SQL Server, it's great to quickly get the results i need! However, there are times I'd like to see the SQL of the filter (i.e. what it is putting in the WHERE clause) so I can use it in my own SQL query. Currently I do not see a way to view or export that. This would be a nice feature to have!

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  10. In SSMS / Visual Studio you can select a box section / columns from multiple lines for editing using the <Alt> key (EG: Select area on a single line, press <Alt> and down / up arrow and you'll have those same columns then selected in other rows too).

    This allows for quickly replacing / editing data that recurs across multiple consecutive lines - It's proved a HUGE time-saver.

    I believe this is what was asked for here:
    https://devart.uservoice.com/forums/177009-dbforge-studio-for-sql-server/suggestions/14157501-column-mode

    and it would be great to have that added into Studio.

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  11. Link the Data from selected Tables to SourceControl.
    Like the Datacompare.

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  12. When a sql script is being edited and saved in same directory automated created *.design file. The *.design files in working directories is no good. I suggest to add ability set path for storing *.design files in separate directory. By default it can be temp directory.

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  13. I have a database server with many dozens of databases containing many hundreds of objects (tables, views, etc.) each. I use the mouse scroll wheel to scroll this list in MS SSMS and I would hope to be able to do this with dbForge Studio.

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  14. Please enable Autofilterrow in gridviews!
    (Feature from DevExpress)

    Regards


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  15. In dbForge Schema Compare for SQL Server you can see actual code difference in UI in Text Compare section. But when it produces a report there is no option to include Text Compare details. Report only has object level details.

    It would be useful to to have option of including actual Text Compare for automated notifications about schema changes.

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  16. When joining, querying, or trying to expand table.* column names for a table in the tempdb database, Intellisense does not work even for tables that existed when starting dbForge.

    It would be nice to be able to have that feature even if it meant manually adding the table to the Intellisense cache.

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  17. Frequently I have the need to comment or un-comment a section of my SQL code, e.g. a set of columns or a portion of a WHERE clause. It would be nice if I could select the block, right-mouse, and select comment/un-comment to place the "--" characters in front of the selected lines of code.

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  18. Would you be able to change the 'Retrieve Data' context menu so that rather than doing a 'select * from table' it does a 'select top n from table' (where 'n' is a number I can configure).

    I like having the retrieve data menu, but I avoid using it because with some tables it can lock up the system due to it selecting all rows (which can be millions of rows).

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  19. The Find and Replace defaults to a scope of "All Open Documents", which is quite irritating and potentially dangerous when Replacing. This causes a jump to a different open document and is an unnecessary distraction. A safer and more reasonable default would be "Current Document", as most of the time I am interested in finding something in the current document. Very rarely am I interested in finding text in all other open documents (Object Finder is a better tool for that kind of thing) and would only want to Replace in All Open Documents in very controlled circumstances.

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  20. Add a new menu item "Set Value To" -> "New Guid" in context menu when clicking on a cell (if the cell is type of uniqueidentifier).

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