Microsoft® SQL Server 2012 Unleashed
by Ray Rankins, Paul T. Bertucci, Chris Gallelli, Alex T. Silverstein
The Query Editor
The Query Editor sits at the top of the list for development tools in SSMS. The Query Editor, as its name indicates, is the editing tool for writing queries in SSMS. It contains much of the functionality that was contained in SQL Server 2000’s Query Analyzer. The capability to write T-SQL queries, execute them, return results, generate execution plans, and use many of the other features that were in Query Analyzer are also available with the Query Editor.
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The biggest upside to the integration of the query-editing tool into the SSMS environment is that you can find almost anything you need to administer or develop on your SQL Server database in one spot. There is no need to jump back and forth between applications. One possible ...
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