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  1. WCF Service References.

    We do it now through a secondary dll and machine.config for configuration. Would prefer to reference the service directly. This would also include the ability to use configuration files.

    75 votes
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  2. Add Snippets Tab to house custom drag-and-drop snippets

    Add an additional tab along side the Samples and My Queries tabs that will house and organize my custom snippets. From there I need to be able to drag and drop the snippet into whatever current Linq sheet I am working on. This would save a lot of repetitive typing doing ad-hoc queries.

    6 votes
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  3. Remember splitter position

    It is very annoying to have to reposition the query/results splitter for every new query. Can you make it persist to wherever it was last positioned?

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  4. Integrate with a code snippet site like Pastie

    It would be nice to send a linqpad query window to something like http://pastie.org/ so that it is easy to request assistance from others.

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  5. Allow Multiple Folders (like Win7 libraries) for "My Queries"

    It would be nice to have the ease-of-access of folders in different locations throughout your computer within the "My Queries" window.

    Similar to WIndows 7 Libraries that allow you to add multiple music directories to "My Music" etc. This would be in case you have a folder that you store work queries that you share with others but also a personal folder for your own queries.

    123 votes
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  6. Add an "always on top" capability

    Fairly frequently, after working out a solution in LINQPad, I would like to keep it on top while I work in VS or another application.

    It would be very helpful to have a toolbar with a button to toggle "always on top". Can be done in a menu obviously -- but a button that is always available would be GREAT!

    7 votes
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  7. Integrate directly into Visual Studio as addin

    make it available as an add-in in Visual Studio, where the whole thing is hosted right inside of Visual Studio, so I don't even have to leave VS

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  8. Add database management features, like create/drop tables, columns

    In order to drop SQL Management Studio completely, more sql management features are needed.

    33 votes
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  9. Create a WPF UI

    Self-explanatory, replace the Win Forms UI with a WPF UI or allow users to choose which one to download.

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  10. Remove online activation

    Resharper provides a user friendly copy protection and LINQPad should do so too. Please.

    3 votes
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  11. Make the proxy server navigation work with authenticated proxy servers.

    10 votes
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  12. enter a lambda and see the LINQ (reverse of current functionality, where linq can be seen as lambda)

    Basically I want to reverse the current built in process, where you can enter a LINQ statement and down in the results window click the lambda tab to see it converted over. I would like to be able to enter a Lambda expression and in the results window see the LINQ version of it.

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  13. Support entity models embedded in another assembly

    Right now selecting another DLL causes it to do "AssemblyName.csdl|AssemblyName.msl|AssemblyName.ssdl" which doesn't work

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  14. Replace full namespace references with aliases

    In the additional namespace imports I put "using Outlook = Microsoft....Outlook".

    When I'm in a call that wants something of that namespace, replace the full entry with just the alias Outlook.

    33 votes
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  15. Allow Showing of SQL without Query Execution

    Very useful to get a sense of what querys produce what SQL.

    11 votes
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  16. Show SQL-Server Execution Plan

    I always look at them in SSMS. I think that SQL Server returns them as XML so it should not be hard to print that out.

    7 votes
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  17. allow setting of a 'default connection' for linqpad to use on startup

    When I start up linqpad, it's always to use the same database (the database of the product I work on), but by default it lists "no connection". Rather than constantly making me set the connection, it would be nice to be able to flag one as the default connection (similar to a default printer).

    Another option would be to default the connection to whatever was last used (this would be as effective for me since I'm always using the same one).

    Yet another option would be that if there's only one connection defined in the Connections window, default to that…

    32 votes
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  18. Disable Dump() output without rewriting query (Silent mode)

    Would be nice if LINQPad would have the ability to turn of Dump() output as an run option, to speed up execution.
    An advanced featrue would be to flag Dump() statements with and option like DEBUG, VERBOSE etc. to allow switching part of the output on and of as needed.

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  19. Show rows affected

    If I issue an UPDATE (etc.) in SQL in SQL Server Management Studio, it will give me "(1 row(s) affected)". Neither LINQPad (in SQL mode) or Query Express will do this. Could you please add this?

    51 votes
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  20. Launch web links in the default browser instead of IE.

    I clicked a link in the connection dialog to the IQ toolkit and it launched IE. I suggest you use the default system browser.

    15 votes
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