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xsevensinzx One Orange Chip Points: 25560 More actions · Answer 1

GilaMonster (4/5/2015)
Grant Fritchey (3/31/2015)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/31/2015)
Grant Fritchey (3/31/2015)
I use semicolons on terminators for all my statements. Everyone should.
You do or Prompt does it for you?
Well, Prompt does it for me now. I used to do it on my own, but now, yeah, all automated.
Personally, I add them as I'm coding. When I'm cleaning up or rewriting someone else's code (or my old code), I'll start with a format, insert ;, remove [], but from there on I'll write it 'correctly'

Remove []?

I don't think you will like me. :w00t:

Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182882 More actions · Answer 2

xsevensinzx (4/5/2015)
GilaMonster (4/5/2015)
Grant Fritchey (3/31/2015)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/31/2015)
Grant Fritchey (3/31/2015)
I use semicolons on terminators for all my statements. Everyone should.
You do or Prompt does it for you?
Well, Prompt does it for me now. I used to do it on my own, but now, yeah, all automated.
Personally, I add them as I'm coding. When I'm cleaning up or rewriting someone else's code (or my old code), I'll start with a format, insert ;, remove [], but from there on I'll write it 'correctly'
Remove []?
I don't think you will like me. :w00t:

Try out this keyboard sequence:

😎

1. CTRL + H

2. [

3. TAB

4. ALT + A

5. ENTER

6. ]

7. ALT + A

8. ENTER

9. ESC

Hugo Kornelis SSC Guru Points: 64780 More actions · Answer 3

Eirikur Eiriksson (4/5/2015)
Try out this keyboard sequence:
😎
1. CTRL + H
2. [
3. TAB
4. ALT + A
5. ENTER
6. ]
7. ALT + A
8. ENTER
9. ESC

And then manually fix all columns and table names that are not following the standard identifier rules. :angry:

I love that keyboard sequence and use it all the time on the result of SSMS scripting stuff, but only if I know I can trust whoever came up with the table and column names.

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 4

Hugo Kornelis (4/8/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (4/5/2015)
Try out this keyboard sequence:
😎
1. CTRL + H
2. [
3. TAB
4. ALT + A
5. ENTER
6. ]
7. ALT + A
8. ENTER
9. ESC
And then manually fix all columns and table names that are not following the standard identifier rules. :angry:
I love that keyboard sequence and use it all the time on the result of SSMS scripting stuff, but only if I know I can trust whoever came up with the table and column names.

The nice thing about SQLPrompt's square bracket removal is that it won't remove them from around object/column names which need them, eg the transaction table

Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 5

PET PEEVE!

Semicolons (;) are not BEGININATORS they are TERMINATORS and belong at the end of SQL statements.