Modify the default setting: “Edit Top 200 Rows” or “Select Top 1000 Rows” in SQL Server 2008 Management Studio (2)


There some setting changes between SQL Server 2005 and 2008. One of them is by default you can edit only 200 records. You can modify settings to allow you to SELECT or Edit all records following the below steps. 

Modify  “Edit Top 200 Rows”:

Tools->Options->SQL Server Object Explorer>Commands

 If you would like to edit more than 200 rows, you can choose the “Value for Edit Top <n> Rows command” setting from menu.

 If you would like to select more than 1000 rows, you can choose the “Value for Select Top <n> Rows command” setting from menu.

If you want to SELECT or EDIT for all rows as before, you can simply change the number <n> to 0.



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