Query consoles

Create a query console

To create a console, use one of the following actions in the Database tool window ( View | Tool Windows | Database).

• Click a data source and select File | New | Query Console.

• Right-click a data source and select New | Query Console.

• Click a data source, press Alt+Insert, and select Query Console.

• Click a data source, press Ctrl+Shift+F10, and select New Query Console.

• Click a data source and press Ctrl+Shift+Q.

Open a console

When a console is open, you can write SQL here, run it and get the result.

• In the Project tool window (View | Tool Windows | Project), navigate to Scratches and Consoles | Database Consoles | <data_source_name>, double-click a console file.

• In the Database tool window, click the Jump to Query Console… icon () and select a console that you want to open or create a new one.

• Click a data source, press F4, and select the console that you need.

  

Rename a query console

1. In the Project tool window (View | Tool Windows | Project), navigate to Scratches and Consoles | Database Consoles.

2. Expand a data source group that includes your console.

3. Right-click a console file and select Refactor | Rename.

Group consoles under the data source directory

1. In the Project tool window (View | Tool Windows | Project), navigate to Scratches and Consoles | Database Consoles.

2. Right-click a data source group where you want to create a new directory, select New | Directory.

3. Specify a name of the directory.

4. Select and drag console files to the directory.

5. In the Move dialog, click OK.

Delete a query console

1. In the Project tool window (View | Tool Windows | Project), navigate to Scratches and Consoles | Database Consoles.

2. Expand a data source group that includes your console.

3. Right-click a console file and select Delete.

Copy a console file to a new location

1. In the Project tool window (View | Tool Windows | Project), navigate to Scratches and Consoles | Database Consoles.

2. Expand a data source group that includes your console.

3. Right-click a console file and select Refactor | Copy File….

4. In the To directory field, specify a new location for the file.

Modify console settings

• Open a console and click the Data Source Properties icon ().

Change the SQL dialect in the editor

• Right-click the editing area of the input pane and select Change Dialect (<current_dialect>). In the Change SQL Dialect window, select a dialect.

  Note that the selected dialect is applied to all the data sources that were created with the current driver. For example, let's say that you have several data sources that use the PostgreSQL driver. If you change the dialect to Greenplum in one console, all the consoles and data sources that use the PostgreSQL driver will switch to the Greenplum dialect.

  

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Disable syntax error highlighting

• Right-click the editing area of the input pane, select Change Dialect, and select Generic SQL. The Generic SQL dialect supports completion and highlighting for SQL keywords, table and column names. Syntax error highlighting is disabled, that is all statements in a query console are shown as syntactically correct).

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The change of the default dialect will influence all consoles and data sources that use the current data source driver.

View history of a query console

• In a console, right-click any area and select Local History | Show History.

Apply a code style in the editor

• Right-click any area in the editor and select Reformat. Alternatively, press Ctrl+Alt+L.

  

View the file path of a query console

• To see the details of a file, hover the cursor over the console tab.

Navigate to a console file from the Select In window

• Press Alt+F1, select Files View and press Enter.

Rename a console file

• Right-click a console tab, and select Rename File.

• Open the Project tool window (View | Tool Windows | Project) and navigate to Scratches and Consoles | Database Consoles. Select the console file, and press Shift+F6.