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  1. 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.

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  2. 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!

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  3. like CsharpRepl in mono

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  4. add ability to connect via oledb

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  5. 7 votes
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  6. something along the lines of either:
    A) a plugin to visual studio (toolbar button) that I can click "open in Linqpad" that will launch linqpad with a reference to the assembly of the current project, plus a dialog that pops up, where I can select any of the other projects in the solution to also reference, this will automatically bring in the namespaces as well.

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  7. Having just started a new job, I'm working with entirely new tables. It would be really great if LINQPad would let you sort the columns in the display. It would make finding a column so much easier.

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  8. 7 votes
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  9. I get timeout error if initialize Linq to Sql Connection at local sql server with many database inside. Please add a timeout option to it.

    Thank you very much.

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  10. It would be nice if it was possible to add parameters to a linqpad query so that when you run it you are prompted to supply a parameter value. I realise I can just edit the contents of the file with a new value, but being able to treat a linqpad query as a small program that takes some parameters and then returns results would be useful.

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  11. 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.

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  12. Many times I am unable to execute operations on a remote machine and also I need to execute a set of operations on machine which is in another domain. In that case it would be nice If I can impersonate linqpad to use a different credential.
    Few suggestions
    1. Add Util.Runs (username, password)
    2. Store a list of users with linqpad like connections so that the user credentials are encrypted and can be just called as
    Util.Runas("refer User connection Name");

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  13. Thanks for AMAZING productivity tool. I would like a feature to run only the command at cursor (not all commands on page). Suggested invocation - right-click context menu option and/or [Alt/Ctrl] + F5.

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  14. When you want place a code that uses Typed Generic List (List<T>), Intellisense does not suggest syntax.. i.e:

    List<string> fields = new List<string>(){"One","Two","Three"};

    When you type List, must to appears List<T> suggestion.

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  15. If I change the background colour of the editor to black, it enables a dark theme, which on the whole is great.

    But if I use snippet replacements I can't read the replacement characters because the background colour is bright, light green and the foreground colour is white.

    E.g. type "prop" then tab. The word "foo" is unreadable. If I start typing to replace "object", that text also becomes unreadable.

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  16. Rather than editing the stylesheet in the preferences editor, it would be nice to load that from a file.

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  17. 7 votes
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  18. For SQL queries that do an INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE, show the number of rows that are affected, like it does in SQL Server Management Studio.

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  19. I'm used to hitting Ctrl+H to bring up the Find + Replace dialogue in tools which have separate Find and Replace dialogues. In LinqPad, the Replace functionality is obviously covered by the Find dialogue (Ctrl+F), but hitting Ctrl+H does nothing. I find this interrupts my habits established by other software. I have "use Visual Studio shortcuts" turned on, so I would like Ctrl+H to also display the Find/Replace tools, same as it does in VS 2012.

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  20. It would be cool to be able to search within stored procedures and tables (column name, table name, etc) for a string. Here is a tool that does it for SQL Management Studio.

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

    This is the only feature that still forces me to use Management Studio.

    Also, LINQPAd is the greatest thing ever!

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