Save Query Designer Layout

I launch the Query Designer from the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Management
Studio to design some queries. Can anyone tell me if there is a way to save
the graphical layout of the tables, joins, etc.? Am I missing something
really basic?
Rob (Rob@.discussions.microsoft.com) writes:
> I launch the Query Designer from the Microsoft SQL Server 2005
> Management Studio to design some queries. Can anyone tell me if there
> is a way to save the graphical layout of the tables, joins, etc.? Am I
> missing something really basic?
I don't think there any such option. If you feel this is important, you
can suggest it on http://connect.microsoft.com/sql
Personally, my enthusiasm for the Query Designer is low. There are
very many queries that it is not able to manage, and if you want to
evolve as an SQL programmer, using QD too much may hold you back.
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@.sommarskog.se
Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/downloads/books.mspx
Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/previousversions/books.mspx
|||Thanks for the feedback Erland. I often use Query Designer just to get
started on the basics of a query. Is there another tool you recommend or is
your preference just to code the whole thing from scratch?
"Rob" wrote:

> I launch the Query Designer from the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Management
> Studio to design some queries. Can anyone tell me if there is a way to save
> the graphical layout of the tables, joins, etc.? Am I missing something
> really basic?