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Luke Jefferson wrote: We do take all bugs very seriously but please understand we have to prioritize everything we do. We try to rank bugs on their frequency, the number of people affected (which we monitor via a combination of our own error reporting software and JIRA) and their estimated severity. I understand that things have to be prioritized, but with the current method when people find that a bug they experience has been reported and confirmed they may not bother reporting it, or even adding a "me too." post. I agree we should try to improve the visibility of reported bugs and Iâ€™ll have a think about the best way to improve this situation going forward. Sharing all issues would be counterproductive as there are literally thousands of very particular and nuanced requests; there are several hundred formatting issues alone. I don't see anything wrong with sharing everything, though it would be good if they could be grouped/categorized, or marked as related. You can look at the Microsoft Connect site as an example, they don't expose their entire bug database, but everything that users post is shared. And users only get one vote per bug/feature. We will soon be announcing a product blog where we hope to share more frequent builds: perhaps we could start by announcing the bugs that are going to be tackled? That would be nice. The team introduced Uservoice to help users report, vote on and prioritize feature requests. We figured this was easier to manage, for both the team and SQL Prompt users, than having them scattered across forum posts. We have to prioritize everything we do and having our users help with the prioritizationâ€”by limiting the number of votes they haveâ€”really helps us figure out what to tackle next. Itâ€™s far from ideal but I believe itâ€™s a step in the right direction. I think the Uservoice site works OK for feature suggestions, but Paul pretty much said bugs should be put in as well. While limiting votes for new features isn't a bad idea, limiting the votes for bug isn't. Note: I just noticed that the Uservoice site now allows 25 votes per user, which I think is more reasonable. / comments

Luke Jefferson wrote: We do take all bugs very seriously but please understand we have to prioritize everything we do. We try to rank bugs on their frequency, the number of people affected (whic...

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I have found at least two ways to replicate this: 1) click in the left margin to select the entire WHERE line and hit TAB. The line is indented, the text is unselected, the cursor position is put at the end of the line, and a ' is added. 2) Select the WHERE line starting from the end and hit TAB, then click at the end of the line fairly quickly after it is indented. and the extra ' is added. At least a portion of this is related to a bug I reported in v4: SP-2881 / comments

I have found at least two ways to replicate this: 1) click in the left margin to select the entire WHERE line and hit TAB. The line is indented, the text is unselected, the cursor position is put a...

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I went ahead and did that, but I really don't like using that as a method for suggesting features and reporting bugs. The biggest reason is that you are really limited to posting 10 suggestions since you have to have votes available to post a new one. (I had to take a vote away from something else.) / comments

I went ahead and did that, but I really don't like using that as a method for suggesting features and reporting bugs. The biggest reason is that you are really limited to posting 10 suggestions sin...

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Anu Deshpande wrote: It starts suggesting the column names as till then the query is not valid. Really, can you point me to the point in the batch that is invalid? (Adding the comma actually makes it invalid until you add a valid field name.) The batch that I posted is valid and runs fine for me as long as you take the <CURSOR> placeholder out. It should suggest C_ID and show the other information. For example type your comma, then delete your comma and hit CTRL-space, suggestions will come up, and yet the query is exactly how it was when you pasted it. Why does it act differently after typing than after pasting or opening a file. / comments

Anu Deshpande wrote: It starts suggesting the column names as till then the query is not valid. Really, can you point me to the point in the batch that is invalid? (Adding the comma actually m...

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Anu, I'm not asking for a feature to turn indentation off, I'm asking for a bug to be fixed. I assume what is happening is that the TAB key stroke is being interpreted once to indent, and one to expand the *. Or are you saying that it is indenting a level when it expands on purpose? (It never did that in SQL Prompt 3, and SQL Prompt 4 was broken, it got the first column correct, and indented the remaining columns.) / comments

Anu, I'm not asking for a feature to turn indentation off, I'm asking for a bug to be fixed. I assume what is happening is that the TAB key stroke is being interpreted once to indent, and one to ex...

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Is there any plans to fix the problem of * expansion indenting an extra level? (It is great that the new 5.2.8.2 version can use tabs, but it is still a pain to have to select the columns that are added and then un-indent them.) This has been logged under various SP numbers: SP-2796/2838/3808. / comments

Is there any plans to fix the problem of * expansion indenting an extra level? (It is great that the new 5.2.8.2 version can use tabs, but it is still a pain to have to select the columns that are ...

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I too have noticed this, and have sent an email requesting the fixed version. / comments

I too have noticed this, and have sent an email requesting the fixed version.

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I agree it is definitely more of a pain than it is worth. / comments

I agree it is definitely more of a pain than it is worth.

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I have noticed the same thing, I have a space after the FROM in my SSF snippet as well, and then have to hit ctrl-space to get suggestions. It would be nice if it brought the list up automatically. I'm thinking maybe an additional placeholder like $SUGGEST$ to let it know that we want the suggestions to come up at that point. ($SUGGEST$ would probably need to position the cursor as well.) / comments

I have noticed the same thing, I have a space after the FROM in my SSF snippet as well, and then have to hit ctrl-space to get suggestions. It would be nice if it brought the list up automatically....

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I have added the $SUGGEST$ placeholder feature request to the uservoice site, so if you like the idea you should go vote for it: http://redgate.uservoice.com/forums/94413-sql-prompt-feature-suggestions/suggestions/1519439-add-suggest-placeholder-in-snippets / comments

I have added the $SUGGEST$ placeholder feature request to the uservoice site, so if you like the idea you should go vote for it: http://redgate.uservoice.com/forums/94413-sql-prompt-feature-suggest...

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