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  1. i HATE the way VS handles ctrl+tab... your latest update is braking my daily work flow..

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  2. The arrow pointing to a currently executing line in the code editor is very helpful as a quick-and-dirty debugging/profiling tool. However, when working with code that is several pages long, the arrow often disappears from view and can be hard to find. An option to always keep the currently executing line visible in the code editor would be really helpful.

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  3. Util.WriteCsv(IEnumerable<T> elements, string filePath) skips properties of T that are of types that do not belong to a certain hardcoded "approved" list of types, which, in the current version, seems to include string, int, float, double, bool, DateTime and decimal. For example, if T has a property of the Uri type, it will not be included. It is possible to override this behavior by using the overloaded version that takes "params string[] membersToInclude" argument(s), but this requires explicitly listing all members of type T that are to be included in the output. It would be nice to have an overloaded…

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  4. In the treeview at the left i want to do a simple Take(100) when clicking the table or when enter is pressed. Maybe also when new table is selected. Makes it possible to get a quick overview of the tables content without the need to right click and select Take(100)

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  5. I have the potential to work from multiple PC's It would be great if the license could be tied to a USB stick or something, this was i can add it to my portable apps collection.

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  6. Some parts of the VB 'language' are actually implemented within the Microsoft.VisualBasic assembly, which is normally referenced by default by VB projects. eg IIF

    Linqpad doesn't add this reference and import when a VB query is created, and so valid VB will fail in Linqpad until the reference is added. This is either confusing or irritating, depending on who you are.

    Suggest adding the reference and the import by default to avoid confusing novices and/or annoying anyone else unlucky enough to have to be prototyping a quick VB function here and there.

    7 votes
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  7. I have a query, if I accidently hit F4 and F5 at around the same time... The query properties comes up, the query runs, and I can no longer click to dismiss the modal.

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  8. I have a LinqPad C# Program that pulls data from a SharePoint List via an OData connection and I want to be able to cross-reference those items with some data from a SQLServer database.
    But LinqPad does not allow me to mix those two types of Connections.

    Please add support to be able to have both types of connections either by allowing OData sources to be added via the Additional Databases dialog in connection properties or perhaps introducing something similar to SQL's USE statement. Then we could USE one connection, enumerate the results into a variable, then USE the next…

    13 votes
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  9. When defining a connection, have a check box that allows you to state that the connection is to a production database. Each time you select this connection, it will then somehow warn you that it is dangerous.

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  10. Open F# script (.fsx) files in LINQPad and recognize them as F# programs. Same as recognizing ".sql" files.

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  11. Instead of running your application pressing the CRTL-G shortcut ought to be the goto line command as it is in Visual Studio. A dialog would open accepting an integer input of the line number to move the cursor to. This shortcut is useful and saves quite a few keystrokes when navigating around code.

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  12. I use LINQPad as a replacement for SMSS and would LOVE the Autocomplete to work for SQL (e.g. type "SELECT Orders." and upon typing the "." character all of the fields of Orders should up in intellisense).

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  13. Quite often those totals make no sense and confuse users when exported.
    BTW, thanx for the linqpad!

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  14. I have been using LinqPad for a while and have created a lot of extensions and other helpful utilities in My Extensions. When I go to share a LinqPad query with someone else, I forget that I am using my extensions and so they cannot compile or run it.

    It would be great if there was an "Export Query" function that would detect calls into "My Extensions" and copy applicable (or all) code to the bottom of the query (query would have to be forced to C# Program Mode). Then the query would be ready to send to someone else,…

    9 votes
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  15. For example, if a date field in a database is nullable, switching to SQL mode shows the column as "NEXTDUE (DATE NULL)" and viewing in C# mode shows it as "NEXTDUE DateTime". When accessing this property in the code editor window, intellisense shows it as "DateTime?" so it would be great to reflect this in the connection browser as "NEXT_DUE DateTime?"

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  16. I love how setting the background to a dark color in LinqPad just works. But when I copy and paste code from LinqPad to Outlook, Word, etc., the result is unreadable. I have to change the background back to white to copy then change it back to black. It would be nice if the default color scheme (white background) was used when copying text from the editor to clipboard.

    (I have noticed that the same is not true for the results window. I have changed my results to use a dark background and other colors, but when copying the results…

    13 votes
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  17. I use LinqPad to create tests and prove of concept scripts. It would be great if LinqPad supported PowerShell scripting to prepare some admin and infrastructure tasks as well. Intellisense would be essential.

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  18. Bind codesnippet search is awesome to look for code snippet for specific problems...

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  19. I'd like to see a feature which allows users to create a 'query template' which can be used as a starting point for any new query .

    A query template would have preset properties, references/usings, database connections, code, etc. and users can create as many templates as they like.

    This is not much unlike using a saved query, but the difference is that users are not be making changes to the original when they create a new query from a template.

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  20. I use ManicTime to track my day and it keeps a list of the current active window and the title of that window. For Linqpad, that's just "Linqpad". It would help with time tracking if the document that had current focus would show up in the title of the window.

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