Insert, Update, Select

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

The idea behind the SQL Automation feature set in Aqua Data Studio (the "Automate" pull down menu) is to reduce the amount 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 statments, 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 ...

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

Automate UPDATE ...

1. Press CTRL-ALT-U --- this will ...
a. Introduce an UPDATE template, "UPDATE SET WHERE"
b. Place the cursor at the "UPDATE ^ SET WHERE" location
c. Popup a list of tables for autocompletion of the table name you want to UPDATE
2. Type out the table you want and move the cursor to the column set location, "UPDATE MYTABLE SET ^ WHERE"
3. Press CTRL-ALT-C --- this will ...
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
4. At this point you have "UPDATE MYTABLE SET EMPLOYEEID=0, NAME=’’, SALARY=0, TITLE=0, CREATEDDATE=’2002-12-30 23:59:59.0’ WHERE"
5. You can now finish your statement

Automate SELECT ...

1. Press CTRL-ALT-S --- this will ...
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 autocompletion of the table name you want to SELECT
2. Type out the table you want and move the cursor to the column set location, "SELECT ^* FROM MYTABLE WHERE"
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. At this point you have "SELECT EMPLOYEEID, NAME, SALARY, TITLE, CREATEDDATE FROM MYTABLE WHERE"
5. You can now finish your statement

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