Question

I’m working with a SQL Server DB that’s got tables spread across multiple schemas (not my idea), so queries end up looking like this:

select col1, col2 from some_ridiculously_long_schema_name.table1 t1 inner join     another_really_long_schema_location.table2 t2     on... 

… you get the idea.

This is a small inconvenience when I put queries into stored procs, etc., but when I’m doing adhoc queries, this gets to be a real pain.

Is there some way I could ‘include’ all the schemas I’m interesed in, and have them automatically addressable? (LINQPad does this).

I’d love to be able to be able to indicate something like this:

using some_ridiculously_long_schema_name, another_really_long_schema_location 

… and then query away, with those schemas included in my address space.

If nothing like this exists, I’ll look into synonymns, but I’d prefer to do this without having to add artifacts into the DB.

Answer 1

Red-Gate sells an SQL tool that adds intellisense to server management studio. Never tried it but it might help cut down on the keystrokes: http://www.red-gate.com/products/SQL_Prompt/index.htm