7.1.2 Introduce Columns and Value Stubs

SQL Automation - Inserting Columns and Value Stubs Connect to the Server Automate--Insert Stmt Select Table  Move the Cursor Automate--Columns Columns w/o typing Move the Cursor Introduce Stubbed Values Value Stubs w/o typing The idea behind the SQL Automation features in Aqua Data Studio (the "Automate" pull down menu) is to cut down on the amount of keystrokes you make while writing SQL statements. Here is an example of how to automate the writing of basic statements ... Automate INSERTing COLUMNS ... 1. Press CTRL-ALT-I --- this will ... a. Introduce an INSERT template, "INSERT INTO () VALUES()" b. Place the cursor at the "INSERT INTO ^() VALUES()" location c. Popup a list of tables for autocompletion of the table name you want to INSERT data into 2. Type out the table you want and move the cursor to the column location, "INSERT INTO MYTABLE(^) VALUES()" 3. Press CTRL-ALT-C --- this will ... a. Introduce all of the columns for the TABLE you have typed in a comma separated list in the order of definition. Automate INSERTing Value Stubs ... 1. Press CTRL-ALT-I --- this will ... a. Introduce an INSERT template, "INSERT INTO () VALUES()" b. Place the cursor at the "INSERT INTO ^() VALUES()" location c. Popup a list of tables for autocompletion of the table name you want to INSERT data into 2. Type out the table you want and move the cursor to the column location, "INSERT INTO MYTABLE(^) VALUES()" 3. Press CTRL-ALT-C --- this will ... a. Introduce all of the columns for the TABLE you have typed in a comma separated list in the order of definition 4. Move cursor to the values definition location "INSERT INTO MYTABLE(COLUMN1, COLUMN2, ...) VALUES(^)" 5. Press CTRL-ALT-V --- this will ... a. Introduce stubbed values for the columns of the table according to data type 6. At this point you have "INSERT INTO MYTABLE(COLUMN1, COLUMN2, ...) VALUES(’’, 0, ...)" 7. You can now finish your statement