Grid Options
To set grid options
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Select Tools | Options |Environment | Grid.
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Review the following for additional information:
Show grouping panel
Displays a panel that allows you to group data columns.
Default: Cleared
Show summary footer
panelDisplays a footer panel below data that lets you apply a summary function (Sum, Min, Max, Count, Avg) to a column.
Default: Selected
Automatically apply best fit to columns
Automatically resizes data columns to maximize the amount of data that displays.
Default: Selected
Maximum rows to process
Specifies the maximum number of rows to analyze when determining the best fit for sizing columns.
Note: Increasing the number of rows provides more useful column sizes, but increases time required to retrieve data.
Default: 50; -1 uses all rows
Show navigator panel
Displays a navigation toolbar and record count for data.
Default: Cleared
Show command panel
Displays the date, time, and duration of the script's execution in a panel below the data.
Default: Selected
Show preview lines
Displays a detailed preview of data for each row in the grid.
Default: Cleared
Show line numbers
Displays a line number for each row in the grid so you can quickly locate a record.
Default: Cleared
Show Not Null indicator
Displays an asterisk to the right of any column headings that require a value.
Default: Cleared
Data Type Formatting
Use this area to specify data type formats to be used when displaying values.
Select a data type to format. Then select a format for that data type from the drop-down list. To customized the selected format, select the Custom check box and enter a format.
Select the Custom tab to create new custom formats or review existing and pre-defined custom formats. For more information about custom formats to use with DateTime values, see "Custom Date and Time Format Strings" at http://msdn.microsoft.com/.
Default (DateTime): General date/time with seconds pattern (G)
Use locale-independent format
Uses an invariant instead of your computer's system- defined locale for data types. This ensures that a character format, such as a decimal, is always used regardless of the character used by the computer's locale.
Default: Cleared
Submitting changes to the database
Submits row changes (inserts, edits, and deletions) to the database:
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Automatically submit row changes as they occur—Submits changes to the database on a row-by-row basis when you click
or when the cursor changes focus to a new row.
Note: You must commit your changes to the database before closing the connection.
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Manually submit row changes as a batch—Submits all changes since your last submit to the database at one time. If you close the grid without submitting or rejecting the changes, they are submitted by default.
Default: Automatically submit row changes as they occur
Move row focus when using horizontal navigation keys
Moves to the previous or next row when using the left or right arrow keys on the first or last cell in a row.
Default: Cleared
Show data as read-only Defaults the data grid to read-only mode. See Edit Data in Read-Only Grids for more information.
Default:
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Tips:
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To navigate to the directory where option settings are stored, click the Application Data Directory link in the About dialog (Help | About).
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To search for a partial or complete option name or value, use the Search field at the bottom of each Options page. See About Options for more information.