Is there any way to view whitespace in the query editor for SQL Server Management Studio Express 2005?

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Pandincus picture Pandincus · May 3, 2010 · Viewed 13k times · Source

I have it enabled in Visual Studio 2008, but I'd really like to enable this feature in SQL Server Management Studio 2005 Express. Does anyone know if its possible? Maybe in a later version?

EDIT: Sorry, I meant specifically in the text/query editor.

Answer

Andir picture Andir · Jun 17, 2010

In case you still need to know how to do this.

Edit the Registry Key in HKEY_CURRENT_USER:

Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\xx\Tools\Shell\Text Editor\Visible Whitespace

Where xx is the version you have (90 is 2005, 100 is 2008)

And set it to 1 to show. Or for SQL Server 2012 and up client tools it is also in HKCU:

Software\Microsoft\Microsoft\SQL Server Management Studio\v\Text Editor\Visible Whitespace

where v in SQL Server 2012 is 11.0 and in SQL Server 2014 is 12.0.

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