quick edit data

  • I recently found a quick way to do some data editing for a table with filter added.

    That is from design view window from management studio.

    when creating a new view, I can edit the data in the result panel.

    is that a valid way of doing data modification?

    Thanks,

  • You can modify data that way, but it is rather quick and dirty.

    And you need to be sure your view is updateable.

    I'd still prefer to write a decent update query.

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  • Sorry, I am not clear with your requirement 😉

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  • Most of time I will use update query to do that.

    But sometimes for some data entry issues, I found this is a quick way to edit the data quickly.

    I don't really use the view, but in the view designer panel and the result panel, I found the data can be edited.

    I know we can also edit some data in the table list, right click a table -edit top 200 rows, but sometimes I need to filter out some records, I found in the view designer, it is a quick way to do that.

  • For a very small number of immediate changes, it's ok. But close the window immediately after the changes. If you let it hang open, you might cause issues with other queries.

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  • sqlfriends (7/16/2013)


    Most of time I will use update query to do that.

    But sometimes for some data entry issues, I found this is a quick way to edit the data quickly.

    I don't really use the view, but in the view designer panel and the result panel, I found the data can be edited.

    I know we can also edit some data in the table list, right click a table -edit top 200 rows, but sometimes I need to filter out some records, I found in the view designer, it is a quick way to do that.

    If you are in the edit table screen, you can click on the little icon with SQL in it. It will show you the query and you can add filters that way. Using this method you don't have to write a view.

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  • Thanks that is quite a little trick.

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