1. Maximizing SSMS for Developers and DBAs
SQLSaturday 2019
Winnipeg, Canada
Maximizing SSMS for Developers and DBAs
Nem W. Schlecht
nemws1

2. Gold Sponsors
First timers??

3. Fargo PASS Chapter Leader UNIX Server SysAdmin ~20yrs DBA
About Me
Fargo PASS Chapter Leader
UNIX Server SysAdmin ~20yrs
DBA
MySQL ~12yrs
MSSQL ~6 yrs
Twitter: @nemws1

4. IT Philosophy
Modify your solutions for your needs. Stop modifying yourself! (so much)
Don't just fix the problem …
Fix it for the next time it occurs as well.
There are plenty of consumers. Be a creator.

5. Introduction
Sections:
Stuff in SSMS that you might not be using
Stuff you can add to SSMS that will make it even cooler
Look at SQL Operations Studio (S.O.S.) Azure Data Studio
Lots of Demos

6. Presenting w/ SSMS (2016 on)
Quick Launch (Search for stuff)
Presentation Mode
PresentEdit – change font sizes
PresentOn – Turn on Presentation mode
How do you turn it off? (PresentOff?)

7. Presenting w/ SSMS (2016 on)
Presentation Mode
RestoreDefaultFonts – Turn off Presentation mode
Doesn't resize everything. 
Restarting maybe helps…

8. Script As… Little Used in SSMS Templates Regular Expressions
Column header cut/paste
Data Corrections
No built-in RegEx in SQL! Why!??!
Script As…

9. Templates Ctrl-Alt-T View -> Template Explorer
Use Substitutions (Ctrl-Shift-M)
<Label,type,default value>

10. Search/Replace (w/ Regex)
Ctrl-H
Select "Regular Expressions"

11. Search/Replace (w/ Regex)
Format pasted columns, safely:
Search for: \t
Replace with:
]\n\t, [
Cleanup… (remove trailing comma)

12. Search/Replace (w/ Regex)
Quote pasted values
1-per line:
Search for: ^
Replace with: ,' $ '
Cleanup… (remove beginning comma or trailing quote – depends on the select)

13. Search/Replace (w/ Regex)
More on Regular Expressions
Knowing regular expressions is one of THE BEST skills you can add to your resume! Learn them!

14. Script As…. Great to see what SSMS is actually doing
Great to save to templates, modified for your specific purpose!
Need to automate something? Grab all the scripts and combine them.

15. Search for "Remove Dark theme" Comment out the next line Start SSMS
Hidden Dark Theme
Quit SSMS
Go to: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\140\Tools\Binn\ManagementStudio
Edit ssms.pkgundef (as Administrator)
Search for "Remove Dark theme"
Comment out the next line
Start SSMS

16. Misc. Source code split view Customize Keyboard Shortcuts
Be careful!
Right side/scroll index

17. Add-ins / Add-ons / Plugins [Free/Not Free]
SSMSBoost
TSQL Code Smells Finder
SQL Complete
SqlSmash
SQLTreeo
SoftTree SQL Assistant
SQL Code Guard
ApexSQL
SQL Enlight For SSMS
SQL Search
Complete
SQL Scripts Manager
Refactor
SQL Hunting Dog
Search
Red Gate SQL Test
Poor Mans T-SQL Formatter
Source Control
Red Gate SQL Source Control
Spotlight Developer
Tabs Studio
Supratimas
dbForge
Workload Addin
SSMS Tools Pack
SQL Server Diagnostics
Unit Test
SQL Pretty Printer
Data Pump
SQL Sentry Plan Explorer
VersionSQL
Index Manager

18. My Top List SSMS Tools Pack SQL Search dbForge
SQL Complete
Poor Mans T-SQL Formatter
SQL Code Guard

19. Honorable Mentions SqlSmash SSMSBoost ApexSQL *
Requires re-download/install every XX days
ApexSQL *
I had some issues (thrashing)

20. SSMS Tools Pack SQL History Generate Insert Statements Debug Sections
New Query Template
Global Replacement Text
Text Format
Custom Scripts
Connection Coloring
CRUD Generator
SQL Snippets
Export to Excel
Plan Analyzer

21. SSMS Tools Pack – SQL History
Save EVERY query you run
Local data store
Database store
Query Search
Session Management
Restore Last Session
Never worry about closing/restarting SSMS
Even queries you don't execute (maybe)

22. SSMS Tools Pack – SQL History
C.Y.A. (Cover Your A**)
What was that script you ran last quarter to fix that issue?
When did you run the script that screwed up your DB?
How many queries did you run last month/year/etc.?
For me:
Required by developers
5 years - ~500MB
Identify potential templates

23. SSMS Tools Pack – Global Replacement Texts

24. SSMS Tools Pack – New Query Template

25. Default Query – still an option
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\<VERSION>\Tools\Binn\VSShell\Common7\IDE\SqlWorkbenchProjectItems\Sql\sqlfile.sql

26. SSMS Tools Pack – Connection Coloring
Colored bar based on ServerName (or ServerName::DatabaseName)
Top/Bottom/Left/Right and tab
But… wait… SSMS already has this?
Yes, but it is flawed… (in older versions)
And doesn't do per-database coloration
Regular Expressions (Yes, again!)

27. SSMS Tools Pack – Snippets
SSF<enter>
SELECT * FROM
SSC<enter>
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM
CRTI<enter>
CREATE TABLE (
ID INT IDENTITY(1,1), )

28. SQL Search Search tables, columns, stored procedures
Any part of the schema
Does not search data!

29. SQL Search

30. Poor Man's TSQL Formatter

31. Column Cut/Paste again
Do the same replace, but without newlines
Run SQL formatter

32. dbForge SQL Complete Intellisense… that works Database objects
Procedure parameters
Can also do code formatting

33. SQL Code Guard (Doesn't work in recent SSMS)
Standardize your SQL
Require Semicolons
IF block without BEGIN/END
Many, many others
Can integrate with TFS
Can be run on command line
* Does NOT work with SSMS 2017

34. SQL Code Guard

35. Misc. Run as another user… AutoHotKey FreeTDS (Linux/Mac)
Using PowerShell (stored creds)
AutoHotKey
FreeTDS (Linux/Mac)

36. Azure Data Studio SQL Operations Studio (SOS)
Based on Visual Studio Code
Extension management (mostly)
Runs on Windows/Mac/Linux
New Features being added all the time
Agent/Job Management

37. Questions???
Wake up!!

38. Thank You!!

39. About Me
Twitter: @nemws1