I know Red Gate has such a product, but I'd rather not have to pay for something which, in my opinion, should be built into SSMS. Thanks!
How to Enable IntelliSense Feature in SSMS. Open SSMS, click Tools -> Options -> Expand Text Editor -> Expand Transact-SQL and click on IntelliSense as shown in the snippet below. Under Transact-SQL IntelliSense Settings ensure “Enable IntelliSense” checkbox is enabled.
Yes, SQL server management studio is free to use and you can connect to your SQL server instance/database using it.
dbForge SQL Complete Express is a free add-in for Visual Studio and Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) that provides IntelliSense functionality. dbForge SQL Complete Express is a free add-in for SQL Server Management Studio and Visual Studio.
I’m using ApexSQL Complete. It’s quite good for a free add-in but I’ve found it has some issues working with linked server.
I totally agree with you on this. Sadly I never found any plugins that you are talking about. So, I moved to tools from EMS SQL Server Manager and TOAD for SQL server. I think the SQL Server 2008 Studio has intellisense but in the express edition, i found it to be seriously lacking.
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