Question

I am working with a database hosted at GoDaddy using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (version 10, for SQL Server 2008).

I am getting this message:
See Object Explorer Details for objects in this folder


probably because they have more than 2500 databases there.

I can still access everything from the Object Explorer Details, but it’s a pain when you have to do it everyday.

Does anyone know any way to get the database I am working on to appear in the Object Explorer on the left?

Answer 1

It looks like this is a bug in SQL Server Mangement Studio.

From Microsoft…

The current limitation of 2500 items
expanded in one Object Explorer Node
has been put in place to prevent the
Tree View Control from exceeding the
64K limit when multiple Object
Explorer nodes get expanded. The
Windows XP and Windows Server 2003
version of the Tree View control has a
bug where it just stops displaying
nodes once the total number of nodes
exceeds 64K.

Object Explorer Details window can be
used to see the entire list of items –
it doesn’t have the above limitation.
Users can see the list by clicking at
the informational node that displays
the warning in the Object Explorer.
Object Explorer Details duplicates
most of Object Explorer functionality
including all the context menus.

We are reviewing the customer feedback
and considering adjusting this
behavior one more time. Please let us
know if you’d prefer the old behavior
back or if you have any other
suggestions.

I am having this problem on a Windows 7 Machine, so I do not think it is just limited to Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 as Microsoft says.