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opc.three

Posted Friday, March 22, 2013 3:06 PM

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This enhancement's utility may be limited to folks like myself that post on SSC often but it would make posting easier and (I think) could improve the experiences of those asking questions with those omissions we so often see (no DDL, etc.) or whose answers we end up typing so often (a link to Gail's Managing Transaction Logs article), so here goes...

The 'Snippets' feature would appear under the IFCodes Shortcuts to the left of the Message box on Post.aspx in the form of Hyperlinks. The links would write common 'Snippets' of text to the message box. A new user would not have any 'Snippets' initially but could configure new ones through their Control Panel or by clicking a 'Configure Snippets' link shown in the Snippets section to the left of the Message box. A Snippet would consist of a Name (limited to maybe 20 characters) and Text (unlimited, or limited to a reasonably large number of characters).

An example of a snippet would be:

Name = ask for DDL
Text = Please provide:

1. DDL in the form of CREATE TABLE statements to create your sample tables
2. DML in the form of INSERT INTO statements to populate the sample tables
3. The expected results of your SELECT statements based on that sample data
4. Most importantly: what you have tried so far.

If I were to configure this Snippet then ask for DDL would appear as a Link in the Snippets section under the IFCode Shortcuts section. Similar to an IFCode Shortcut, if I clicked on ask for DDL the Snippet text (shown above) would be inserted into the Message box at the cursor-position.

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor

Posted Monday, March 25, 2013 9:14 AM

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I could do the snippet piece, but asking for parameters isn't a capability I have. It's not built in and not sure we could build it.

However I could had a shortcut of sorts that would appear there. Let me try something.

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor

Posted Monday, March 25, 2013 9:16 AM

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Please provide: 1. DDL in the form of CREATE TABLE statements to create your sample tables 2. DML in the form of INSERT INTO statements to populate the sample tables 3. The expected results of your SELECT statements based on that sample data 4. Most impo

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor

Posted Monday, March 25, 2013 9:17 AM

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didn't quite work. The replacement doesn't respect cr/lf

Hmmm, I'll see if we can add someting that makes sense.

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opc.three

Posted Monday, March 25, 2013 11:12 AM

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Thanks, Steve! I was not sure where this would land on the priority list but it sure would be cool. I appreciate you considering the feature.

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Believe you can and you're halfway there. --Theodore Roosevelt

Everything Should Be Made as Simple as Possible, But Not Simpler --Albert Einstein

The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them. --Albert Einstein

1 apple is not exactly 1/8 of 8 apples. Because there are no absolutely identical apples. --Giordy

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Sean Lange

Posted Monday, March 25, 2013 12:45 PM

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I agree!!! This would be an awesome addition. I far too often find myself typing in the same things over and over again. It would be great to have a place on the site for this stuff.

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