How to quickly edit values in table in SQL Server Management Studio?

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Xerion picture Xerion · Oct 8, 2009 · Viewed 292.5k times · Source

Aside from context menu -> "Edit Top 200 Rows" from Object Explorer, is there a quick way to open a table in Edit mode where I can just quickly modify the value of a cell?

I need to be able to page past the first 200 rows. And I dont want to write "insert" script for every minor tweak I need to do... I don't understand why SMS doesn't offer quick access to a paged table editor (like Navicat).

Answer

brendan picture brendan · Oct 8, 2009

In Mgmt Studio, when you are editing the top 200, you can view the SQL pane - either by right clicking in the grid and choosing Pane->SQL or by the button in the upper left. This will allow you to write a custom query to drill down to the row(s) you want to edit.

But ultimately mgmt studio isn't a data entry/update tool which is why this is a little cumbersome.

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