Insert, Update, Select

Aqua Data Studio's Query Window - SQL Automation menus rapidly increase the speed of writing a query. Automate is the fifth menu (from left to right) in the Main Application Window.

The SQL Automation feature set in Aqua Data Studio (the "Automate" pull-down menu) helps you reduce the number of keystrokes made while writing SQL statements, and to let the application rapidly fill in what a user would normally spend seconds or minutes typing.

The largest amount of time spent typing is probably writing templates for basic SELECT, INSERT and UPDATE statements, including writing out the columns.

Below are examples of how to automate the writing of basic UPDATE and SELECT statements.

Automating an UPDATE statement


1. Click Automate insert UPDATE	2. Select the Table	3. Move the Cursor	4. Column names without typing	5. Finish the SQL Statement

Automating a SELECT statement


1. Click Automate insert SELECT	2. Select the Table	3. Finish the SQL Statement

Automate INSERT

Press CTRL+ALT+I
a. Introduce an INSERT template,
```
 INSERT INTO () VALUES()
```
b. Place the cursor at the location
```
INSERT INTO ^() VALUES()
```
c. Popup a list of tables for autocompletion of the table name you want to INSERT data into
Type out the table you want and move the cursor to the column location
```
 INSERT INTO MYTABLE(^) VALUES()
```
Press CTRL+ALT+C
a. Introduce all of the columns for the TABLE you have typed in a comma-separated list in the order of definition

Move the cursor to the values definition location

INSERT INTO MYTABLE(COLUMN1, COLUMN2, ...) VALUES(^)

Press CTRL+ALT+V
a. Introduce stubbed values for the columns of the table according to data type

At this point, you have

 INSERT INTO MYTABLE(COLUMN1, COLUMN2, ...) VALUES(’’, 0, ...)

You can now finish your statement

Automate UPDATE

Press CTRL+ALT+U
a. Introduce an UPDATE template
```
UPDATE SET WHERE
```
b. Place the cursor at the location
```
UPDATE ^ SET WHERE 
```
c. Popup a list of tables for auto-completion of the table name you want to UPDATE
Type out the table you want and move the cursor to the column set location:
```
 UPDATE MYTABLE SET ^ WHERE
```
Press CTRL+ALT+C
a. Introduce all of the columns and value stubs for the TABLE you have typed in a comma-separated list in the order of definition

At this point, you have

UPDATE MYTABLE SET EMPLOYEEID=0, NAME=’’, SALARY=0, TITLE=0, CREATEDDATE=’2002-12-30 23:59:59.0’ WHERE

You can now finish your statement

Automate SELECT

Press CTRL+ALT+S
a. Introduce a SELECT template
```
SELECT * FROM WHERE
```
b. Place the cursor at the
```
SELECT * FROM ^ WHERE location
```
c. Popup a list of tables for auto-completion of the table name you want to SELECT
Type out the table you want and move the cursor to the column set location,
```
SELECT ^* FROM MYTABLE WHERE
```
Press CTRL+ALT+C
a. Introduce all of the columns for the TABLE you have typed in a comma-separated list in the order of definition

At this point you have

SELECT EMPLOYEEID, NAME, SALARY, TITLE, CREATEDDATE FROM MYTABLE WHERE

You can now finish your statement

All of the Automation functionality is in the Automate pull-down menu.

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