Auto-refresh the output of the 'Open Table" action

I checked the options in SQL 2005 Management Studio and it does not appear t
o be an
available functionality.

Is it possible to have the output of the "Open table" action to refresh the 
output at a
specified interval?

Thanks.

Probably not as it was never designed for that.  There are few reasons to
use that functionality in the first place.  The query editior is far more
flexible and does not run the risk of editing data by mistake just from
viewing the data.

--
Andrew J. Kelly  SQL MVP


"Gaetan" <me@somewhere.com> wrote in message
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>I checked the options in SQL 2005 Management Studio and it does not appear
>to be an
> available functionality.
>
> Is it possible to have the output of the "Open table" action to refresh
> the output at a
> specified interval?
>
> Thanks.

I understand the limitations of "Open table". The Query Editor is far more f
lexible but
unless I missed something, it too does not allow the SQL statements to be au
to-rerun at
configurable interval.



On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 19:52:00 -0500, "Andrew J. Kelly" < sqlmvpnooospam@shadh
a
wk.com> wrote:

>Probably not as it was never designed for that.  There are few reasons to
>use that functionality in the first place.  The query editior is far more
>flexible and does not run the risk of editing data by mistake just from
>viewing the data.

Not as a built in feature but a simple while loop will do it for you.  This
will rerun the query every to seconds for 10 loops.  Or what ever you need
it to do.

DECLARE @X INT
SET @X = 0

WHILE @x < 10
BEGIN
SELECT *****

WAITFOR DELAY '00:00:10'
END




--
Andrew J. Kelly  SQL MVP


"Gaetan" <me@somewhere.com> wrote in message
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>I understand the limitations of "Open table". The Query Editor is far more
>flexible but
> unless I missed something, it too does not allow the SQL statements to be
> auto-rerun at
> configurable interval.
>
>
>
> On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 19:52:00 -0500, "Andrew J. Kelly"
> < sqlmvpnooospam@shadh
awk.com> wrote:
>