Snippet to create Snippet in SSMS - sql-server

Question

Problem:
Usually, if you want to save your code as a snippet, you have to open some xml template, investigate tags etc. Reference
Is it possible to simplify this process as much as possible: i.e. create a SurroundsWith snippet that will wrap selected code by snippet code?

Answer 1

Please try following:
Save this code as a create_new_snippet.snippet and add it to your SSMS through code snippet manager (Ctrl+K, Ctrk+B)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<CodeSnippets xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/CodeSnippet">
<CodeSnippet Format="1.0.0">
<Header>
<Title>Create_new_snippet</Title>
<Shortcut></Shortcut>
<Description>Snippet to create a snippet</Description>
<Author>Denis Sipchenko</Author>
<SnippetTypes>
<SnippetType>SurroundsWith</SnippetType>
</SnippetTypes>
</Header>
<Snippet>
<Declarations>
<Literal> <ID>Title</ID> <Default>NewSnippetTitle</Default> <ToolTip>NewSnippetTitle</ToolTip> </Literal>
<Literal> <ID>Description</ID> <Default>NewSnippetDescription</Default> <ToolTip>NewSnippetDescription</ToolTip> </Literal>
<Literal> <ID>Author</ID> <Default>Unsung Hero</Default> <ToolTip>NewSnippetAuthor</ToolTip> </Literal>
<Literal> <ID>SnippetType</ID> <Default>SurroundsWith</Default> <ToolTip>SurroundsWith OR Expansion</ToolTip> </Literal>
<Literal> <ID>CodeComment</ID> <Default>-- Sorry. I was too lazy to write some usefull comment here</Default> <ToolTip>Comment for you code</ToolTip> </Literal>
</Declarations>
<Code Language="sql"
Delimiter="`">
<![CDATA[<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<CodeSnippets xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/CodeSnippet">
<CodeSnippet Format="1.0.0">
<Header>
<Title>`Title`</Title> <!--`Title`.snippet -copy/paste for filename-->
<Shortcut></Shortcut>
<Description>`Description`</Description>
<Author>`Author`</Author>
<SnippetTypes>
<SnippetType>`SnippetType`</SnippetType> <!--SurroundsWith/Expansion-->
</SnippetTypes>
</Header>
<Snippet>
<Declarations>
<Literal> <ID></ID> <Default></Default> <ToolTip></ToolTip> </Literal>
</Declarations>
<Code Language="SQL">
<![CDATA[`CodeComment`
$selected$`selected`$end$`end`
]]`fake`>
</Code>
</Snippet>
</CodeSnippet>
</CodeSnippets>
]]>
</Code>
</Snippet>
</CodeSnippet>
</CodeSnippets>
Select your code (that you want to save as a snippet) and call Surround With... snippet (Edit\IntelliSense\Surround With... Ctrl+K, Ctrl+S)
Edit parameters if necessary (as Title, Description etc...) and save as [YourSnippetName].snippet into your snippet folder.