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  1. Enable HierarchyId type option for type data context

    LINQPad supports the HierarchyId type for automatically built data contexts. However, a typed context from an own assembly does not have this option. It can be addressed by overriding the OnConfiguring-method and doing this manually. However, this still renders the expand feature in the connections-tree uselses.

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  2. dump as c# class initialisation

    A new dump method that could dump as a C# class initialisation, eg
    new Foo() {
    MyProp = 27,
    MyString = "a string"
    },
    new Foo() {
    MyProp = 39,
    MyString = "another string"
    }

    etc

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  3. winget

    Would it be possible to remove the winget dependency on the sdk? I have dotnet 9 SDK installed, but the dependency forced an install of the dotnet 8 SDK. I realize I could use --skip-dependencies, but I typically do a winget upgrade --all and forget to add it.

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  4. Use a different application icon for 4.x versions

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  5. Ctrl + E as alternative execute query shortcut

    It would be great if the Ctrl+E SSMS shortcut would be enabled as an alternative to F5. It's easier to reach and makes sense (E for Execute).

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  6. Provide more information about thrown exceptions (dump message, stack trace, etc).

    Provide more information about thrown exceptions (dump message, stack trace, etc).

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  7. Allow hitting Escape key to trigger 'cancel' like Shift-F5 does

    Since hitting Esc doesn't seem to trigger any other action, it would be useful for those of us with muscle memory to hit it when we accidentally ran something we shouldn't have. Much faster/simpler than the 2-key combo of Shift-F5. :)

    I'm not trying to ask for the larger-scope 'allow remapping keyboard shortcuts', just the Escape key. :)

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  8. Update the static driver sample code to detect Context properties of type IEnumerable<T>.

    The UniversalStaticDriver class does not detect the properties of the customType parameter that are directly of type IEnumerable<T>. If the customType inherits IEnumerable<T> (like say via IList<T>) then the property is detected. But if the property is actually declared as IEnumerable<T> then it is passed over.

    I changed the line that declared ienumerableOfT from:

                let ienumerableOfT = prop.PropertyType.GetInterface ("System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1")
            where ienumerableOfT != null

    to

                let ienumerableOfT = (prop.PropertyType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(IEnumerable<>) ? prop.PropertyType : null)
                                ?? prop.PropertyType.GetInterface("System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1")

    Kinda hacky, but it fixed the problem for me. Probably a better solution would be to recurse through the type and all inherited types…

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  9. line numbers when editing Stored Proc (beta 4.37.11 has it for queries)

    Line numbers are present in a beta release , but only for new Query windows and not when viewing/editing Stored Procs in a DB.

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  10. connect color of editor with current database

    If i work o X DB i have lightred, but i i work on Y DB i work on limegreen editor

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  11. Update Microsoft.WindowsAzure.* assembly references to latest versions

    Obviously, features new to 1.7 (and later) will not be available as LinqPad seems to reference the 1.1 version. Also, I've been having this issue:

    Assembly 'MyAssembly, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' uses 'Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient, Version=1.7.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' which has a higher version than referenced assembly 'Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient, Version=1.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'

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  12. When copying for Markdown/Stack Overflow, find a way to add in using-directives and references

    The menu item for "Copy for Markdown/Stack Overflow" ends up copying code that in most cases won't compile without manual intervention by the person who grabs it off of Stack Overflow.

    Specifically, these two things is on the query options tab, and has to be manually added for the query code to compile and execute:

    • References
    • Using directives

    It would be nice if those two things could be copied alongside the query code, for instance as specially crafted comments at the top, that would be recognized by LINQPad upon pasting back into it, and moved to the appropriate places.

    ie.

    …

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  13. Always include codes outside of Main() into the selection in Program mode

    When the code fragment is selected and then F5 is pressed, LINQPad runs only selected code. I think this feature is nice.
    When I choose "C# Program" mode, of course I write some utility codes outside the Main() method.
    However, when I select the fragment of code in the Main() and press F5, the build fails, since the definitions outside the Main() wasn't included as "compile target codes".

    I think that the codes outside Main() method (in C# / VB Program mode) should be always included in compile targets to enable user-defined classes and methods,
    even if the code fragment…

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  14. Maintain a list of most recently used assemblies

    There are a few assemblies I often use in LinqPad queries, that are not in the GAC or on Nuget. Every time, I have to browse to their location to find them (e.g. Windows.winmd to use WinRT APIs). It would be nice if there was a "recently used" list in the "Additional references" tab

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  15. LINQPad, handy scretch pad.... Why not share?

    I keep coming back to LINQPad to write few lines, execute ...verify, then go back to implement the small bit I just wrote and I am sure everyone does that and some would save those random scratch for later use or reference. So I wonder, why not a code snippet share feature directly from LINQPad? It would increase awareness and allow us share or persist some of the quick code written every now and then.

    Cheers.
    Biniam

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  16. Re-enable VS debugging for the beta

    The debugger in LINQPad 4.5 is awesome, but not as good as Visual Studio's. Before the beta, I was using Debugger.Launch/Break to debug in VS. Now, those launch LINQPad's debugger. Unless and until the debugger is as good as VS's, I would like some kind of button or something (as long as it's faster than using the preferences) to use an external debugger.

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  17. Support TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE columns in Oracle

    Linqpad doesn't work very well if the underlying columns in an Oracle database contain TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE columns.

    These appear in the datacontext as DateTime (losing the offset information), however queries using equality checks against them can fail due to the way the underlying IQDriver handles (or otherwise) the conversion back to datetime offset within Oracle.

    It's a bit of a pain, but one of the simple approaches is to ensure the generated SQL wraps those columns in either sysextractutc(theColumn) or 'theColumn AT TIME ZONE xxxx' to ensure they are compared with the DateTime parameter that is…

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  18. Allow per-folder "linqpad.extensions" file

    I would like to be able to create a "My Extensions"-like file per folder so that I can create contexts or extension code that are shared by all of the queries in that folder.

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  19. Option to skip generating SQL etc. when running long running queries?

    I'm guessing this would increase speed a lot?

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  20. samples

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