>>>>Hi,
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>>>>Is there a IF .F. syntax that I can use in a query window to bypass some lines (temporarily). In VFP I would use IF .F. ENDIF. Is there a way to do the same in SQL Server query window?
>>>>
>>>>TIA.
>>>
>>>And remember you can highlight just the lines you want to run and press F5
>>>(obviously only a good solution for contiguous code )
>>
>>I didn't know that. Thank you.
>
>One handy use for that is if you have half a dozen queries you run regularly to test something. You can throw them all in one sql and then bring that up to run portions when you want, kind of like we do with the VFP comman window, running blocks of code from history.
>
>Less cumbersome than storing each query off in its own sql file.

I do sort of the same thing, just a little differently. I keep separate queries in the format "(operation) (table)". For example, "Select DebtorEmails.sql" or "Insert GreatBrownsTeams.sql". (A little joke there just for you). Many of these procedures, particularly the Selects, have alternative Where clauses commented out with the "--" comment delimiter. A month into any project I have many of the saved queries I will use over and over on that project.

Tangentially related, here is a useful free SQL utility I like ---

http://www.red-gate.com/products/sql-development/sql-search/

It won't change your life but it will make it a little easier.