SQL Server Management Studio - Add SQLCMD mode to the query toolbar - 2/23/2015

One of the great unexplored/underutilized features of SQL Server is SQLCMD mode.

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If you use Visual Studio Data Tools, the scripts it produces are in SQLCMD mode. So...

Add SQLCMD mode to the toolbar

1. Start SSMS
   
2. Make sure you have a blank query window, which will cause the Query toolbar to be shown, go to the end of the toolbar, and pick customize
   
3. From the menu, select add a command, click [Add Command], pick 'Query' from the left hand categories, and find SQLCMD mode, and add it...
   
4. You can then put it where ever on the toolbar you like, I prefer next to the blue 'Check' mark
   

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