In other IDEs, there are ways (e.g. control + space in netbeans on mac) to ask for suggestions on autocompletion. I was just wondering if there is similar function in SQL server management studio? Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
On the Tools menu, click Options. Expand Text Editor, expand Transact-SQL, and then click IntelliSense. Clear the check boxes for the IntelliSense options that you do not want. To change the script size at which IntelliSense features are disabled, select a size from the Maximum script size list.
From the SQL Prompt menu, click Options. Go to the Suggestions > Types of suggestion page. Select List all database columns after a SELECT statement.
The first step of troubleshooting IntelliSense is to check and make sure IntelliSense is enabled in the settings. Launch SSMS and go to menu Tools >> Options. In the Options window, expand TextEditor >> Transact-SQL >> IntelliSense. Make sure Enable IntelliSense is selected.
Select the Edit menu, select IntelliSense, then select Refresh Local Cache. Use the CTRL+Shift+R keyboard shortcut.
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The IntelliSense will need to be refreshed when you add new objects.
Press
CTRL+SHIFT+R
to do this.
(for reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/sql-server-management-studio-keyboard-shortcuts?view=sql-server-2017)
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