Installing and running SQL Prompt

To install SQL Prompt, you must have administrator privileges. If you are upgrading from a previous version, the installer does all the preparation for you.

SQL Refactor

SQL Refactor has been retired with the release of SQL Prompt 5. If SQL Refactor is installed on your computer, it will be uninstalled when you install SQL Prompt 5.

See: SQL Prompt 5 and SQL Refactor.

Running SQL Prompt

When you install SQL Prompt, add-ins to the following editors are automatically installed:

SQL Server Management Studio
SQL Server Management Studio 2008 Express Edition
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, 2008, 2010

Start any of these editors to begin using SQL Prompt. SQL Prompt features are available from the SQL Prompt menu:

SQL Prompt 5.0 Help Linked GIF File Template

Customizing SQL Prompt

You can customize how SQL Prompt suggests, inserts and formats your code, to more closely match the way you prefer to write queries. To change any of the default settings in SQL Prompt:

On the SQL Prompt menu, select Options.

See: Setting main behavior options and Options for formatting your code.

Activating SQL Prompt

When your trial period expires, you need to enter your serial number to activate the product:

On the SQL Prompt menu, select Serial Number > Enter Serial Number.

Find out more about activation.

Uninstalling SQL Prompt

To uninstall SQL Prompt:

Use the Windows® Add or Remove Programs tool to remove SQL Prompt.
In SQL Server Management Studio, to remove the SQL Prompt menu from the toolbar, do the following:
- On the Tools menu, click Customize.
- Drag the SQL Prompt menu from the menu bar, or right-click the SQL Prompt menu and click Delete.
Close the Customize dialog box.