SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is the principal interface for working with Microsoft SQL Server. However, many subtleties of this powerful tool evade even the most seasoned professionals ...

Comment/uncomment your T-SQL code You can comment and uncomment portions of your text by using the Comment button on the toolbar. Text that is commented out is not executed. Open SQL Server Management ...

Script T-SQL when you back up a database Connect to a server that's running SQL Server. Expand the Databases node. Right-click the database Adventureworks2016 > Tasks > Back Up: Configure the backup ...

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is a Microsoft application that provides integrated management and administration of SQL Server. Nevertheless, SQL Server Express provides a user-friendly interface ...

Looking forward To users who have submitted items, commented, or voted at User Voice for SQL Server—thank you. Work items for SSMS 18.7 were heavily influenced by user feedback. Regular updates to SQL ...

Query result Fixed an issue introduced in SQL Server Management Studio 18.3.1, where grids would be drawn slightly too narrow and show “…” at the end of the longest string in every column. SQL ...

Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals ("Data Dude") was introduced in 2006, bringing a new database project type, refactoring, unit tests and more SQL Server 2008 R2 gave us data-tier ...