I just upgraded to Windows 11 Pro and installed the latest SSMS (18.12.1). When I right click a table and choose "Select top 1000 rows" the results are shown per usual. When I right click and choose "Edit top 200 rows" the results tab is blank. No grid, no query, nothing. Just a blank tab.
I've checked Tools>Options>General and "results to grid" is selected. I've also checked Tools>Options>Results To Grid, and "discard results after execution" is UNCHECKED. I've reinstalled SSMS, installed previous versions down to V17, but still no luck. Has anyone come across this issue? What am I missing?
Per Larnu's answer, I installed the preview version 19 of SSMS and it resolved the issue. Thanks
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Using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 18.
I have somehow lost the run button on my toolbar, along with the dropdown to select what database I am running my script against. I now have to work with a remote Azure database and would really like having that dropdown showing what context I am in.
This is what my toolbar currently looks like
I have tried Windows->Reset Window Layout and I tried clicking arrow at the far right of the toolbar->Add or Remove Buttons->Reset Toolbar, but neither of these seem to restore what I am missing.
How can I get back my run button and the Database selector dropdown to select what my script is running against?
You can follow those steps
View -> Toolbars -> [choose] SQL Editor
So I messed up my sql server management studio when I was trying to make it have a "dark theme" as I use it a lot and it was starting to wear on my eyes. While doing this, I specified for the output window to have a black background with white text. Then I realized that the output window wouldn't give me a black background anyway, sigh, but it would give me white text. So now I have this lovely problem where there is white text on a white background that can only be faintly seen when highlighting the results...
It's very annoying. I know I was stupid to try to give SSMS a "theme" but I had to try something.
So now the problem. When I go back in to try to edit the settings for the output window (Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Fonts and Colors -> Output Window) to try to restore defaults or change any color, SSMS crashes.
Does anyone know how to reset all styles for SSMS, or change a specific style (like making text black again) or anything? I really don't want to have to reinstall SQL Server.
This is SQl Server Management Studio 2014
Had the same issue as you but found the solution.
Choose another option under "Show settings for:" after you reset the "Use Default" for "Text Editor" and before clicking on OK.
MS SQL Server Forum post
Just in case if you still haven't get your answer, you should be changing Grid Result instead of Output Window.
Sometimes I miss the 1 or the F2 in my computer keyboard when using SQL Server Maganement Studio, that causes my SQL MS to hang and the I have to close it with the Task Manager, but many time I loss a lot from the queries I was working on, so I would like to fix this problem,
Maybe someone here has the same problem.
Microsoft Document Explorer
The Application Data folder for Microsoft Document Explorer could not be created
Right click on the SSMS program (in the start menu / desktop) and select "run as administrator". Do whatever you do to cause SSMS to hang, quit and re-run as normal user. This should remove that warning.
After many intents to solve this problem, I received this message:
External help is not available because Microsoft Document Explorer is
not installed. To view help, change your Help preferences to use the
Integrated Help Viewer or Install Microsoft Document Explorer
I tried to do it at Tools->Options->Help->General->
Show Help usaing: Integrated Help Viewer
Search Result per page: 20
Show Topic abstracts: checked
Reuse Topic window: checked
Highlight search termn: checked
I had to tried many times until SSMS wanted let me to do it.
Now the problem has been partially solved, when I press F1 the SSMS does not hang, but when I still try to change something in the help options, then chunks..
In SQL Server 2008 Management Studio, when I right click on a database table and choose Select Top 100 Rows, I can then e.g. easily add a ORDER BY statement to the SQL. That works fine.
But when I do choose Edit Top 200 Rows, I don't have the ability to alter the SQL (which makes it hard to find and edit a record just added in the 10,000 that are there.
I am quite sure I was able to do this in SQL Server 2000.
Is there any way in SMSS 2008 to alter the way the records are displayed when editing records?
If you right click on any result of "Edit Top 200 Rows" query in SSMS you will see the option "Pane -> SQL". It then shows the SQL Query that was run, which you can edit as you wish.
In SMSS 2012 and 2008, you can use Ctrl+3 to quickly get there.
You can also change the pop-up options themselves, to be more convenient for your normal use. Summary:
Run the SQL Management Studio Express 2008
Click the Tools -> Options
Select SQL Server Object Explorer . Now you should be able to see the options
Value for Edit Top Rows Command
Value for Select Top Rows Command
Give the Values 0 here to select/ Edit all the Records
Full Instructions with screenshots are here: http://m-elshazly.blogspot.com/2011/01/sql-server-2008-change-edit-top-200.html
Very quick and easy visual instructions to change this (and the select top 1000) for 2008 R2 through SSMS GUI
http://bradmarsh.net/index.php/2008/04/21/sql-2008-change-edit-top-200-rows/
Summary:
Go to Tools menu -> Options -> SQL Server Object Explorer
Expand SQL Server Object Explorer
Choose 'Commands'
For 'Value for Edit Top Rows' command, specify '0' to edit all rows
Follow the above image to edit rows from 200 to 100,000 Rows
Ctrl+3 in SQL Server 2012. Might work in 2008 too
in SQL 2017 You can do it more easily in the toolbar to the right just hit
the SQL button then its gonna apear the query with the top 200 you edit until the quantity that You want and Execute the query and Done! just Edit
Similar to David Hall's response, if you are a non-coder, it may be easiest to right-click within results, then choose Pane > Criteria. This allows you to adjust sort, add filters, etc... without adjusting SQL code.
The default to open/add rows to a table is Edit Top 200 Rows. If you have more than 200 rows, like me now, then you need to change the default setting. Here's what I did to change the edit default to 300:
Go to Tools in top nav
Select options, then SQL Service Object Explorer (on left)
On right side of panel, click into the field that contains 200 and change to 300 (or whatever number you wish)
Click OK and voila, you're all set!
I have a report in SQL 2005 reporting services. It is a server side report and the width is set to 11 inches and the height is set to 8 inches. When I run in in the VS designer, it works fine. However, when I display it in the report viewer control of my Windows application, it appears in portrait mode, not landscape mode like it should. I have another report that is 14 x 8 inches, and that displays correctly. I can't seem to figure out why the one works and the other does not. Any ideas?
The problem turned out to be a bug with Linked Reports. The report I was using was a linked report to another source report. Apparently, when you create a linked report, the properties for the source report that are contained in the ReportServer database (including page size) are not copied to the record for the linked report.
When the server executes the report, instead of reading the properties from the source report when no properties are found on the linked report, it just leaves the properties blank. The viewer then renders the report using the default values for page size, etc. I simply ran an update command against the ReportServer database to copy the properties to the linked report from the source report record.
Another solution to this problem can be found here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/bwelcker/archive/2005/09/07/461758.aspx
I believe there is a report property you can set on the RDL that allows you so specify Portrait or Landscape. I don't have VS 2005 any longer, but in VS 2008, just select Report Properties, and it's one of the first options. I would bet it is similar in VS 2005.