You can use the Database Explorer toolbar to create SQL and XQuery
statements in the SQL editor.
The SQL editor supports any statement that can be run by the database
to which you are connected. If you save the statement, it is stored in a file
with the extension .sql.
Prerequisite: If you want to save the
statement, create the project in which to store the statement.
Restriction: - If you want to reopen the SQL or XQuery statement in the SQL editor or
the SQL statement in the SQL builder, save the statement in a data project.
- If
you save the statement in a data development project, the project must be
associated with a database that contains the database tables that you use
in the statement. Otherwise, you cannot run the statement successfully.
To create an SQL or XQuery statement in the SQL editor by using
the Database Explorer toolbar:
- Open the Data perspective.
- In the Database Explorer view, click the Open SQL Editor toolbar
button.
- Specify the SQL or XQuery statement in the SQL editor.
- Optional: To insert the code pattern of a template into your statement,
at the insertion point, type the first few characters of the template name,
press Ctrl + Space, and then select the template in content assist.
- Optional: To format your SQL or XQuery code, right-click in the
editor, and then click Format SQL on the pop-up menu.
- Save the statement.
- In the Save As window, provide the information about the SQL statement:
- Select the project in which to save the SQL statement. If you select a data project, the statement is added to
the SQL Scripts folder of the selected project.
- Type a file name for the statement.
- Click OK