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mssql for Visual Studio Code

Welcome to mssql for Visual Studio Code! An extension for developing Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL Database and SQL Data Warehouse everywhere with a rich set of functionalities, including:

  • Connect to Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL Database and SQL Data Warehouses.
  • Create and manage connection profiles and most recently used connections.
  • Write T-SQL script with IntelliSense, Go to Definition, T-SQL snippets, syntax colorizations, T-SQL error validations and GO batch separator.
  • Execute your scripts and view results in a simple to use grid.
  • Save the result to json or csv file format and view in the editor.
  • Customizable extension options including command shortcuts and more.

See the mssql extension tutorial for the step by step guide.

See the SQL developer tutorial to develop an app with C#, Java, Node.js, PHP, Python and R with SQL Server databases.

demo

What's new in 1.1

  • Preview support for Integrated Authentication (aka Windows Authentication) on Mac and Linux. To use this you need to create a Kerberos ticket on your Mac or Linux machine - see this guide for the simple process. Once this is set up, you can say goodbye to SQL passwords when connecting to your servers!
    • This feature is in preview in .Net Core 2.0. The corefx repository tracks issues related to SqlClient and we recommend issues setting up Kerberos tickets be raised there.
    • macOS "El Capitan" and older versions will not support this feature or any other features requiring a new SqlToolsService version. To benefit from Integrated Authentication, "Execute Current Statement" and other new features we recommend updating to the latest OS version.
  • New code snippets:
    • sqlGetSpaceUsed shows space used by tables. Thanks to Rodolfo Gaspar for this contribution!
    • sqlListColumns shows columns for tables matching a LIKE query. Thanks to Emad Alashi for this contribution!
  • Support for connecting using a connection string. When adding a connection profile you can now paste in an ADO.Net connection string instead of specifying server name, database name etc. individually. This makes it easy to get strings from the Azure Portal and use them in the tool.
  • Support for empty passwords when connecting. Password is no longer required, though still recommended! This is useful in local development scenarios.
  • Improved support for SQL Server 2017 syntax by refreshing IntelliSense and SMO dependencies.
  • Fixed all code snippets so that tab ordering is improved and snippets no longer have syntax errors
  • Fixed issue where snippets were not shown when mssql.intelliSense.enableIntelliSense was set to false.
  • Fixed issue #911 where tools service crashed when Perforce source code provider is enabled in the workspace.
  • Stability fixes to reduce the likelihood of SqlToolsService crashes.
  • Fixed issue #870. Added an "Execute Current Statement" command that executes only the SQL statement where the cursor is currently located.
  • Fix issue #939 "Show execution time for individual batches". To enable open your settings and set mssql.showBatchTime to true.
  • Fix issue #904. Added a "Disconnect" option to the status bar server connection shortcut. Clicking on this now lists databases on the current server and a "Disconnect" option.
  • Fix issue #913. OpenSuse Linux distributions are now supported.

Contributions and "thank you"

We would like to thank all our users who raised issues, and in particular the following users who helped contribute features or localization of the tool:

  • Rodolfo Gaspar and Emad Alashi for their new code snippet contributions.
  • The many contributors to our community localization. Please see the full contributors list. Particular thanks to Mona Nasr for coordinating our community localization efforts and the following top contributors per language.
    • Brazilian Portuguese: Bruno Sonnino, Roberto Fonseca
    • Chinese Simplified: Ji Zhao, Alan Tsai
    • Chinese Traditional: Ji Zhao, Alan Tsai
    • French: Antoine Griffard
    • German: Christian Gräfe, Carsten Kneip
    • Italian: Piero Azi, Aldo Donetti
    • Japanese : Yosuke Sano,Takayoshi Tanaka
    • Korean: Ji Yong Seong, Ian Y. Choi
    • Russian: Natalia Lubskaya, Illirik Smirnov
    • Spanish: Andy Gonzalez, Alberto Poblacion

What's new in 1.0

  • We are please to announce the official GA of the MSSQL extension! This release focuses on stability, localization support, and top customer feedback issues
  • The MSSQL extension is now localized. Use the Configure Language command in VSCode to change to your language of choice. Restart the application and the MSSQL extension will now support your language for all commands and messages.
  • Community-added support for Save as Excel, which supports saving to .xlsx format and opening this in the default application for .xlsx files on your machine.
  • Numerous bug fixes:
    • IntelliSense improvements to support configuration of Intellisense options from user settings, plus keyword fixes.
    • Query Execution fixes and improvements: #832, #815, #803, #794, #772
    • Improved support for downloading and installing the tools service behind proxies
    • Improvements to Go To Definition / Peek Definition support #769

Contributions and "thank you"

We would like to thank all our users who raised issues, and in particular the following users who helped contribute features or localization of the tool:

  • Wujun Zhou, for adding the Save as Excel feature
  • The many contributors to our community localization discussed on this TechNet post. Please see the full contributors list. Particular thanks to Mona Nasr for coordinating our community localization efforts and the following top contributors per language.
    • Brazilian Portuguese: Bruno Sonnino, Roberto Fonseca
    • Chinese Simplified: Geng Liu, Alan Tsai
    • Chinese Traditional: Wei-Ting Shih, Alan Tsai
    • French: Antoine Griffard, Bruno Lewin
    • German: Jens Suessmeyer, Thomas Hütter
    • Italian: Cristiano Gasparotto, Sergio Govoni
    • Japanese Rio Fujita, Tanaka_733
    • Korean: Jungsun Kim, Eric Kang
    • Russian: Alekesy Nemiro, Anatoli Dubko
    • Spanish: Christian Eduardo Palomares Peralta, Daniel Canton

What's new in 0.3.0

  • T-SQL formatting support is now included. This is a highly requested feature, and this release includes a basic parser with configuration options for some of the most common T-SQL formatting styles.
    • To format a .sql file, right-click and choose Format Document.
    • To format part of a document, highlight a selection, right-click and choose Format Selection
    • To change the formatting settings, hit F1 and choose Preferences: Open User Settings. Type in mssql.format and change any of the options
  • Refresh Intellisense Cache command added. This will rebuild the intellisense for a connected database to include any recent schema changes
  • New Query command added. This opens a new .sql file and connects to a server, making it quicker to get started with your queries
  • Fixed support for SQL Data Warehouse connections.
  • Prototype localization support added. We will be adding full localization support in a future update.
  • Improved Peek Definition support. Multiple bug fixes, and additional supported types.
    • Supported types: Tables, Views, Procedures, User Defined Tables, User Defined Types, Synonyms, Scalar Functions, Table Valued Functions
  • Support for Windows x86 machines
  • Fix for issue #604 where results that included HTML were not rendered correctly
  • Multiple fixes for syntax highlighting
  • Fixed issues where query execution failed due to parser failures.

What's new in 0.2.1

  • HotFix for issue #669 "Results Panel not Refreshing Automatically". This issue impacts users on VSCode 1.9.0 or greater.

What's new in 0.2.0

  • Peek Definition and Go To Definition support for Tables, Views and Stored Procedures.
    • For a query such as select * from dbo.Person you can right-click on Person and see it as a CREATE TABLE script.
    • Note: you must be connected to a database to use this feature.
  • Support for additional operating systems including Linux Mint and Elementary OS. See [Operating Systems] for the list of supported OSes.
  • Multiple improvements & fixes to the results view, Intellisense handling, and service installation notification.
  • Improved logging to the Output window. Errors and status notifications can be viewed in the SqlToolsService or MSSQL channels.
  • For a full list see the change log.

Using

  • First, install Visual Studio Code then install mssql extension by pressing F1 or ctrl+shift+p to open command palette, select Install Extension and type mssql.
  • Open an existing file with a .sql file extension or open a new text file (ctrl+n) and change the language mode to SQL by pressing ctrl+k,m and select SQL. mssql commands and functionalities are enabled in the SQL language mode in Visual Studio Code editor.
  • Create a new connection profile using command palette by pressing F1, type sqlman to run MS SQL: Manage Connection Profile command. Select Create. See manage connection profiles for more information about how to create and edit connection profiles in your User Settings (settings.json) file.
  • Connect to a database by pressing F1 and type sqlcon to run MS SQL: Connnect command, then select a connection profile. You can also use a shortcut (ctrl+shift+c).
  • Write T-SQL script in the editor using IntelliSense and Snippets. Type sql in the editor to list T-SQL Snippets.
  • Execute T-SQL script or selection of statements in the script by pressing F1 and type sqlex to run MS SQL: Execute Query command. You can also use a shortcut (ctrl+shift+e). See customize shortcuts to learn about change shortcut key bindings to mssql commands.
  • View the T-SQL script execution results and messages in result view.

Commands

The extension provides several commands in the Command Palette for working with .sql files:

  • MS SQL: Connect to SQL Server, Azure SQL Database or SQL Data Warehouse using connection profiles or recent connections.
    • Create Connection Profile to create a new connection profile and connect.
  • MS SQL: Disconnect from SQL Server, Azure SQL Database or SQL Data Warehouse in the editor session.
  • MS SQL: Use Database to switch the database connection to another database within the same connected server in the editor session.
  • MS SQL: Execute Query script, T-SQL statements or batches in the editor.
  • MS SQL: Cancel Query execution in progress in the editor session.
  • MS SQL: Manage Connection Profiles
    • Create a new connection profile using command palette's step-by-step UI guide.
    • Edit user settings file (settings.json) in the editor to manually create, edit or remove connection profiles.
    • Remove an existing connection profile using command palette's step-by-step UI guide.
    • Clear Recent Connection List to clear the history of recent connections.

Options

The following Visual Studio Code settings are available for the mssql extension. These can be set in user preferences (cmd+,) or workspace settings (.vscode/settings.json). See customize options and manage connection profiles for more details.

{
    "mssql.maxRecentConnections": 5,
    "mssql.connections":[],
    "mssql.shortcuts": {
        "event.toggleResultPane": "ctrl+alt+r",
        "event.toggleMessagePane": "ctrl+alt+y",
        "event.prevGrid": "ctrl+up",
        "event.nextGrid": "ctrl+down",
        "event.copySelection": "ctrl+c",
        "event.maximizeGrid": "",
        "event.selectAll": "",
        "event.saveAsJSON": "",
        "event.saveAsCSV": "",
        "event.saveAsExcel": ""
    },
    "mssql.messagesDefaultOpen": true,
    "mssql.logDebugInfo": false,
    "mssql.saveAsCSV.includeHeaders": true,
    "mssql.intelliSense.enableIntelliSense": true,
    "mssql.intelliSense.enableErrorChecking": true,
    "mssql.intelliSense.enableSuggestions": true,
    "mssql.intelliSense.enableQuickInfo": true,
    "mssql.intelliSense.lowerCaseSuggestions": false,
    "mssql.resultsFontFamily": "-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Segoe WPC,Segoe UI,HelveticaNeue-Light,Ubuntu,Droid Sans,sans-serif",
    "mssql.resultsFontSize": 13,
    "mssql.copyIncludeHeaders": false,
    "mssql.copyRemoveNewLine" : true,
    "mssql.splitPaneSelection": "next",
    "mssql.format.alignColumnDefinitionsInColumns": false,
    "mssql.format.datatypeCasing": "none",
    "mssql.format.keywordCasing": "none",
    "mssql.format.placeCommasBeforeNextStatement": false,
    "mssql.format.placeSelectStatementReferencesOnNewLine": false,
    "mssql.applyLocalization": false,
    "mssql.query.displayBitAsNumber": true
}

Change Log

The current version is 1.1. See the change log for a detailed list of changes in each version.

Supported Operating Systems

Currently this extension supports the following operatings systems:

  • Windows (64-bit only)
  • macOS
  • Ubuntu 14.04 / Linux Mint 17 / Linux Mint 18 / Elementary OS 0.3
  • Ubuntu 16.04 / Elementary OS 0.4
  • Debian 8.2
  • CentOS 7.1 / Oracle Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
  • Fedora 23
  • OpenSUSE 13.2

Offline Installation

The extension will download and install a required SqlToolsService package during activation. For machines with no Internet access, you can still use the extension by choosing the Install from VSIX... option in the Extension view and installing a bundled release from our Releases page. Each operating system has a .vsix file with the required service included. Pick the file for your OS, download and install to get started. We recommend you choose a full release and ignore any alpha or beta releases as these are our daily builds used in testing.

Support

Support for this extension is provided on our GitHub Issue Tracker. You can submit a bug report, a feature suggestion or participate in [discussions].

Contributing to the Extension

See the developer documentation for details on how to contribute to this extension.

Code of Conduct

This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.

Privacy Statement

The Microsoft Enterprise and Developer Privacy Statement describes the privacy statement of this software.

License

This extension is licensed under the MIT License. Please see the third-party notices file for additional copyright notices and license terms applicable to portions of the software.