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dbForge Studio for SQL Server

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. when auto complete drop-down appear, we need to use space-bar to complete the word like as visual studio or ssms.

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    This can be setup as follows https://snipboard.io/uqb2m9.jpg
    1. Select ‘Tools → Options…’ from the main menu. The ‘Options’ window opens.
    2. Navigate to the ‘Text Editor → Code Completion → List Members’ branch.
    3. Select the ‘Whitespace’ option in the ‘Commit Selection’ section.
    4. Click ‘OK’.

  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. Support for Common Table Expressions (CTEs)

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  5. I see that you are using Developer Express Grids and controls but that you are using version 13 compared to the current version 19. Please update the grids and controls to the current version and allow users access to most of the features those grids provide.

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  6. Currently, unless you override it, the semi-colon is used as the default delimiter for all CSV export and copy functions. It would be very helpful to be able to set the comma as the default in options.

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    This can be setup in the ‘Data Export → CSV’ section of the ‘Options’ window (select ‘Tools → Options…’ from the main menu).

  7. It would be great if the system would automatically refresh an object when you open it to edit. SSMS does pulls the current version, but this system just opens the cached version. This has cost me hours over the time I've used this product. One example use case:

    • Right click a stored procedure > modify
    • Make changes
    • F5 to run update script
    • Close window
    • Sometime later, repeat and you get the version that was from before you made the first changes.
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  8. Typing "order" after a table name brings up the intellisense with "ORDER BY", yet when hitting tab to accept, only "ORDER" gets entered in the text area, the only way to get both words is by hitting Enter. Why not on tab like I'm used to?

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  9. It would be extremely helpful if the results of a dbForge Search (within SSMS) could be exported (or at a minimum, be able to be highlighted and copied).

    Also helpful would be a way to narrow/filter the Found In results (to say just body). This would be moot point if data could be exported.

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  10. Migration Based Deployment System

    I’m searching for an option that the database keeps a log of the migrations (scripts) that are already performed. When I’m deploying new migrations it can simply look which migrations are already done (or set to not done) and continue from there.

    When my colleague is then updating his database he can execute all scripts which aren’t yet done on his database. This will results in his database being completely updated while saving, updating of removing the data (This is done without a compare (just script executions) which is great, because his changes aren’t removed). Then…

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  11. Why a new object can only be created from main nodes ("Tables", "Procedures"...). Uncomfortable when there are many items I have to scroll up to the top and only then I can create new object from popup.

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  12. Examples:
    IIF() function is not colored
    CONCAT function is colored blue instead of pink (which I think should be the case)
    FORMAT function is not colored

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  13. It would be very nice if dbForge could have an option to jump to/from Begin/End statements. This allows us to clearly see where a structure begins/ends (in large scripts).
    Also faint lines connecting begin/end, ( and ), like DevExpress's CodeRush or Notepad++ would be very nice.
    Currently you have faint lines around select statements and so forth. That is very useful, but the suggestion above will enhance the usefulness of the current structural highlighting.

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  14. When creating a backup, I'd like the ability to store the .BAK file in a folder on another PC, either via a UNC file share (\servername\sharename\mybackup.bak) or a mapped drive (g:\backups\mybackup.bak). Right now dbForge Studio only lets you back up to the local hard drive of the server.

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    You can amend the existing path and specify a mapped network drive right in the ‘Backup to disk’ list on the ‘General’ page of the Backup wizard.

  15. if you edit a user-defined functions, any pre-existing permissions are removed. They should not be.

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  16. Opening up a new tab all the way at the end is so Internet Explorer (not in a good way). 99.999% of the time if I'm opening up a new tab it's intended to supplement my work in the tab I'm in, so visually it is most useful if it just starts up next to the current tab.

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  17. Apologies, not sure if this is a bug or needs to be a feature. I love the identification of tabs using the shape and color of a connection. I would LOVE it if that color would also transfer to the status bar, which on my setup is always blue. Due to the status bar's visibility, I get super confused when I'm on a connection colored, say, red (production) but the status bar is blue (test).

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  18. Am I the only one thinking the latest version of DB forge is still full of bugs?

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  19. Not a big deal, but it would be nice to be able to just enter a product key, instead of having to download a new version.

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  20. SQL Server 2000 had an option that allowed you to copy a database from one server to another. This option copied schema and data all in one move. We used the option frequently to copy production databases from production to development servers. Your software can do this, but requires several steps.

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