Overview of new features in SQL Prompt 6. From Red Gate Software. Includes screenshots and links for more information.

1. Even more effortless coding
with SQL Prompt 6
www.red-gate.com/products/sql-development/sql-prompt/
Write. Edit. Explore.

2. The journey to SQL Prompt 6
Over 1,000 customer votes
for new features received
and analyzed by the SQL
Prompt team
SQL Prompt 6
early access
release out for trial
SQL Prompt 6 released with new
features and enhancements for
greater productivity and flexibility

3. What’s new in SQL Prompt 6?
More productive SQL coding
 Tab history for SSMS
 Synonym support
 New placeholders, including $PASTE$, $SERVER$ and $DBNAME$
 CLR functions support
 XML functions support
Greater flexibility
 Indent using tab characters
 Custom snippet folder location
…plus more platforms supported

4. More productive SQL coding

5. Tab history
 Sits inside SSMS
 Save tabs for future retrieval
 Search for tabs within scripts
 Open previously closed tabs
 Rename tabs
 Purge options to remove tabs
How it helps:
 Quick and easy access to SQL you’ve been working on, even after the tab has been closed
 Maintain a living template for frequently used queries
 Can be configured to automatically restore all previously open tabs on starting SSMS
 Give tabs meaningful names for easier retrieval

6. Synonyms, new placeholders and functions
 Synonym suggestions now supported -
including suggesting columns from a
synonym's base object.
 New placeholders available
 Support for suggesting CLR objects and XML
functions provided
How it helps:
 SQL Prompt automatically suggests database synonyms if they are available
 New placeholders speed up coding by completing the relevant information automatically
 CLR object and XML functions suggested as part of code completion for faster coding

7. Greater flexibility

8. Indent using tab characters
 New formatting options for
indentation now included for
greater flexibility:
 Use only spaces
 Use only tabs
 Use spaces where possible
How it helps:
 Set up SQL Prompt so it indents your code to your preferred style
 Consistent styling for easier readability

9. Custom snippet folder location
 You can now browse for a folder
to save snippets for future use
How it helps:
 Select a shared folder location to share snippets with co-workers – more collaboration and
time saving across the team

10. More platforms supported
 Windows Azure SQL Database
 Visual Studio 2013
 Plus further support for SQL Server 2012

11. Plus code completion, formatting and more…
SQL Prompt also includes a range of features designed to help you write, explore and
edit SQL effortlessly.
 IntelliSense-style code completion
with statement expansion
 Instant access to schema information
 Shareable SQL snippets
 Find invalid SQL Server objects
 Select column dependencies
 Auto-generation of aliases
 Script as ALTER from queries window
 Expand wildcards – single instance
or entire script
 Format SQL code
 Decrypt encrypted objects
 Summarize SQL script
 Find unused variables and parameters
 Qualify object names
 Smart rename refactoring
 Split table
 Encapsulate as stored procedure
 Uppercase keywords

12. Find out more
 Free 14-day trial of SQL Prompt
 www.red-gate.com/products/sql-development/sql-prompt/
 List of all features in SQL Prompt for SSMS and Visual Studio
 www.red-gate.com/products/sql-development/sql-prompt/features
 SQL Prompt in 30 seconds – video
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UJ3I8KQTu4
 Contact the SQL Prompt team
 sqldev.info@red-gate.com
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