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Management Studio Query results in grid not wrapping

Author
3 Feb 2007 2:13 PM
JoJo3
Hi - I have 2 questions concerning the grid query results in Management Studio:

1. How can I get the data to wrap in a cell? If it is long, it just shows
part of the data with '...' at the end.

2. When I drag to increase the height of a row, if only increase the height
for that one row. How can I increase the height for all rows?

These things worked well in Netrprise Manager.

Thanks.

Author
3 Feb 2007 3:27 PM
Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]
> 1. How can I get the data to wrap in a cell? If it is long, it just shows
> part of the data with '...' at the end.

You can't; it eliminates carriage returns.  It wouldn't be a very good grid
if you had to scroll 80 times to see the next row.

> 2. When I drag to increase the height of a row, if only increase the
> height
> for that one row. How can I increase the height for all rows?

I don't know that you can.  It's not exactly Excel.
Author
3 Feb 2007 4:00 PM
JoJo3
It may not be Excel but I would think the Enterprise Manager functionality
would be carried over to Management Studio and not removed. I cannot see all
the data in a results cell. Even the tool tip on it ends with '...'. It's
useless without being able to see all the complete value on a column in the
cell.

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"Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]" wrote:

> > 1. How can I get the data to wrap in a cell? If it is long, it just shows
> > part of the data with '...' at the end.
>
> You can't; it eliminates carriage returns.  It wouldn't be a very good grid
> if you had to scroll 80 times to see the next row.
>
> > 2. When I drag to increase the height of a row, if only increase the
> > height
> > for that one row. How can I increase the height for all rows?
>
> I don't know that you can.  It's not exactly Excel.
>
>
>
>
Author
3 Feb 2007 6:03 PM
Erland Sommarskog
JoJo3 (Jo***@discussions.microsoft.com) writes:
> It may not be Excel but I would think the Enterprise Manager
> functionality would be carried over to Management Studio and not
> removed. I cannot see all the data in a results cell. Even the tool tip
> on it ends with '...'. It's useless without being able to see all the
> complete value on a column in the cell.

You can double-click the splitter between the columns and the column
will be extended to the width needed to show the full value.

On http://connect.microsogt.com you can submit suggestions for improvements
for Mgmt Studio. You may want to search for similar suggestions. You
are probably not the first to ask for this.

Also, make it clear what you are talking about. Your post talk about
grid results, but then you said:

  2. When I drag to increase the height of a row, if only increase the 
  height for that one row. How can I increase the height for all rows?

This is not possible in the result grid results, but well in Open Table,
and I would assume the in the grid results for the Query Designer.


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Author
3 Feb 2007 6:38 PM
JoJo3
Thank you.

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"Erland Sommarskog" wrote:

> JoJo3 (Jo***@discussions.microsoft.com) writes:
> > It may not be Excel but I would think the Enterprise Manager
> > functionality would be carried over to Management Studio and not
> > removed. I cannot see all the data in a results cell. Even the tool tip
> > on it ends with '...'. It's useless without being able to see all the
> > complete value on a column in the cell.
>
> You can double-click the splitter between the columns and the column
> will be extended to the width needed to show the full value.
>
> On http://connect.microsogt.com you can submit suggestions for improvements
> for Mgmt Studio. You may want to search for similar suggestions. You
> are probably not the first to ask for this.
>
> Also, make it clear what you are talking about. Your post talk about
> grid results, but then you said:
>
>   2. When I drag to increase the height of a row, if only increase the 
>   height for that one row. How can I increase the height for all rows?
>
> This is not possible in the result grid results, but well in Open Table,
> and I would assume the in the grid results for the Query Designer.
>
>
> --
> Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esq***@sommarskog.se
>
> Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/downloads/books.mspx
> Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
> http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/previousversions/books.mspx
>
Author
5 Feb 2007 1:40 AM
Dave Patrick
2.) Tools|Options|Fonts and Colors|Grid Result|Size

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Regards,

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Show quote
"JoJo3" wrote:
> Hi - I have 2 questions concerning the grid query results in Management
> Studio:
>
> 1. How can I get the data to wrap in a cell? If it is long, it just shows
> part of the data with '...' at the end.
>
> 2. When I drag to increase the height of a row, if only increase the
> height
> for that one row. How can I increase the height for all rows?
>
> These things worked well in Netrprise Manager.
>
> Thanks.

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