HOW TO EDIT ALL RECORDS IN A SQL SERVER 2008 TABLE
This blog explains how you can get access to all of the records in a SQL Server 2008 table when you try to edit them, rather than just the top 200.
Posted by Andrew Gould on 16 February 2012 | no comments
Viewing or Editing all the Records in SQL Server 2008
In SQL Server 2008 and onwards when you choose to view or edit the records in
a table you can only do so to a limited number of records.
By default, when you right-click on a table you can only view the first 1000 and edit the top 200 records in
a table.
Fortunately, you can change a setting to allow you to view and edit all the
records. To do this, from the menu choose: Tools -> Options...
Expand the
SQL Server Object Explorer group and click
Commands. Change the Table and View Options shown here
to any number you like. If you enter a value of 0 you will
see all of the records in a table.
Once you've done
this you can right-click on a table and view or edit all of the records in a
table.
Now you can view or edit an entire table.
It's annoying to have to do this, but at least now you know how to!