Question

I am trying to Insert new data in table using “Edit top 200 rows” and I can view Inserted data by select top 1000 rows. so far so good. But when I am trying to find (close edit 200 row window) those Inserted data in same table by selecting “Edit top 200 rows” again, those data are missing and I am not able to find them.

(p.s. But I can see those missing data in same table by select top 1000 rows though.)

I am using SQL Server 2008 R2.

I observed that my data table rows are more than “200” and It could be a reason for that. Do I need to make any changes to default size? Tool—options—sql server object explorer and them make changes to default row values?) Please excuse me If my question is not enough clear.

I appreciate any Inputs.

Answer 1

Edit top 200 rows will do exactly that – so of course you are not going to see more rows than 200. Edit top 200 rows is not a good way to check if data exists in a table.

That said, you can increase the number of rows visible in the “Edit Top NNN” by doing the following:

In Sql Server Management Studio:

1. Open the “Tools” menu
2. Click “Options”
3. Expand “Sql Server Object Explorer”
4. Expand “Table and View options”
5. Change the value of “Value for Edit Top Rows Command” to the number of rows you want to appear when you edit.

If you are dealing with large tables, you are better off just doing the modifications with SQL rather than using the edit interface.