This post is by far the silliest post by me but again very useful and handy :)
This one has been the most popular tip among by developers and no indexing/query tuning tip impressed them this much. So whats that brilliant(!) tip ?
On a Query Analyzer/Management Studio (SSMS), If you want to find the properties of the table just select the table name and press ALT + F1. Provides the Columns in the table,constraints,indexes,Identity column details etc. Actually it provides the result of sp_help. Grab a look at the picture provided below.
Just a word of caution. Length column expressed by sp_help is size of a column in bytes.So for a nvarchar column length 100 means that column can hold a max of 50 characters only. If you are used to seeing column properties from design view in Enterprise manager/SSMS then can fall to this trap.Though all of us know about the nchar/nvarchar's 2 byte per character storage its just one of those things which one needs to bear in mind while using this shortcut key.
Other Shortcuts available by default are
* ctrl + 1 -> sp_who
* ctrl + 2 -> sp_lock
You can customize it, as it is available under Tools -> Customize in Query Analyzer and Tools->options in SSMS.Picture provided below.
Note that you can even add queries. I have added a look up on sysprocesses to have a quick look on whats happeining on my server and sp_spaceused for approximate row counts :)
Monday, December 28, 2009
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This was loovely to read
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