The SQL snippet must have the CodeSnippets tag that encapsulates all the snippet definition and contains the namespaces for snippets To create a custom SQL snippet some rules must be followed:įirst, every SQL snippet must start with an XML declaration tag and with specifies the version and encoding: Also to insert a snippet in the query window the Tab or Enter keys can be used.īelow is the resulting text showing that the BEGIN and END keywords have been added above and below the selected text, respectively:Ĭustom snippets are created as text files in your favorite editor e.g. Select the folder to see all available surround SQL snippets from that folder:ĭouble clicking on the desired surround SQL snippet, will insert a snippet around the selected code. Using the combination of keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+K followed by Ctrl+SĪny of these actions will result in appearance of the Surround With window with folders containing SQL snippets: Right-click in the query window and from the popup menu choose the Surround With command:
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To start, first select the code that want to be surrounded in the query window and then use one of the three ways for invoking:įrom the SSMS main menu, click the Edit menu and from the IntelliSense option select the Surround With command: There are three ways to invoke a surround SQL snippet in query window.
FunctionName) Inserting a surround SQL snippet Inserting a surround SQL snippet Enter a value and press the Tab key the cursor position will switch to the next highlighted placeholder (e.g. When a SQL snippet is in the query window, the position of the cursor is in the first highlighted placeholder (e.g. Function to see all available snippets under that category:ĭouble click on the desired snippet from the list will insert code snippet in the query window with highlighted placeholders that need to be modified: In all three cases the code snippet window will appear: Using the combination of keyboard shortcut Ctrl+K followed by Ctrl+X Right-click in the query window will show popup menu and from the list choose the Insert Snippet command: In the SSMS main menu under the Edit menu, choose the IntelliSense option and select the Insert Snippet command: There are three ways to insert a built-in SQL snippet that comes with SSMS in the query window: To learn more about these folders please visit this link. The only difference is in the name of the folder that come after the Microsoft SQL Server folder (e.g. So if SSMS 2014 is used, the default path on which there snippets are: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\ 120\Tools\Binn\ManagementStudio\SQL\Snippets\1033\ The location of SQL snippets depends on the version of the SSMS that is used. …and here how it looks when is initiated in the query window.īy default snippets for SSMS 2016 are found under this path:Ĭ:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\ 130\Tools\Binn\ManagementStudio\SQL\Snippets\1033\ Here is an example of the “plumbing” underneath a custom SQL snippet. Users can create their own custom snippets. These three snippets, found in the Function folder, help to implement code structure like Begin End, While, and If around selected text in the query window. These SQL snippets come, out-of-the-box with SSMS and they are placed under folders based on category (e.g. There are three categories of SQL snippets: The highlighted elements are placeholders that are replaced with values that the user inputs:
In the example below is the results of the Create Trigger snippet that inserts T-SQL required to create a trigger in the query window at the current cursor position. Snippets are XML templates with predefined fields and values that render into T-SQL, when processed by the query window. Snippets were introduced in SQL Server 2012 as part of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).
Snippets are a great productivity feature to speed up typing of repetitive T-SQL.
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