Apr 16, 2025 · Connect to a SQL Server instance in SSMS. Create and query a SQL Server database in SSMS running basic Transact-SQL (T-SQL) queries.

Feb 13, 2025 · Open or create the query you want to run. Right-click anywhere in the query window, and select Execute SQL from the shortcut menu. Press CTRL+R. If you are creating a Select query, the results of the query appear in the Results pane.

Feb 13, 2025 · When the Query Editor is open, the SQL Editor toolbar appears with the following buttons. You can also add the SQL Editor toolbar by selecting the View menu, selecting Toolbars, and then selecting SQL Editor. If you add the SQL Editor toolbar when no Query Editor windows are open, all the buttons are unavailable.

Jan 23, 2013 · The SQL Server Management Studio ships with Query Designer which in a nutshell is a visual querying tool to build SELECT statements. This is an add-in to the Query Window offering a means to add specific tables from a specific database to the designer.

In Visual Studio & other IDEs, you can easily auto format your code with a keyboard shortcut, through the menu, or automatically as you type. I was wondering if there is yet a way to enable this standard feature in SQL Server Management Studio?

Feb 13, 2025 · When you design a query, view, in-line function, or single-statement stored procedure, the designer you use consists of four panes: the Diagram pane, the Criteria pane, the SQL pane, and the Results pane. The Diagram pane displays the tables and other table-valued objects that you're querying.

SQL query and management tools for SQL Server, Azure SQL (Azure SQL database, Azure SQL managed instance, SQL virtual machines), and Azure Synapse Analytics.

With SSMS 2012 you can try SSMS Executor add-in. Default shortcut Ctrl - Shift - E. Worked like a charm. Highlight the query you want to run, then F5. This isn't exactly what the OP was after, but here are two related tips that might help:

Feb 13, 2025 · Object Explorer displays information for all servers to which there's a connection. Query Window (Ctrl+N): After you select New Query, enter your Transact-SQL (T-SQL) queries in this window. The results of your queries also appear in the Results pane.

Mar 18, 2022 · SSMS is an extremely feature rich and powerful management tool for DBAs and Developers working on MS SQL Servers. The sheer number of features can easily be overwhelming, but don’t be intimidated by that. In this tutorial, we’ll look at some of the fundamental and commonly used functionality.