Sometime around Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 12:15:57PM -0600, Kevin Rodgers said: > Brett Kelly wrote: > > I'd like to be able to type in a sql query and have it return a > resultset in a > > different buffer (a la Query Analyzer). Here's what I'm doing now: > > - Create a new buffer, do M-x sql-ms RET, then enter the relevant > connection > > information (user, password, server, dbname). This gives me no errors. > > - Type in my SQL statement (I've tried simple "select" statements, as > well as > > more complicated "create proc" type stuff) > > - Highlight the relevant code with the mouse, and choose Send Region > from the > > SQL menu. > > > > Now, if I'm understanding this correctly, I should see the results in > a new > > buffer, but I'm not. > > From the commentary at the top of sql.el excerpted below, I guess that > you are typing your SQL statement directly into the sql-interactive-mode > *SQL* buffer. If you enter them in some other sql-mode buffer, Send > Region should cause the *SQL* buffer with the results to be displayed > (see sql-pop-to-buffer-after-send-region). > > ;; This file provides a sql-mode and a sql-interactive-mode. The > ;; interactive mode had to provide a command-line history; the other > ;; mode had to provide "send region/buffer to SQL interpreter" > ;; functions. > > ;; sql-interactive-mode is used to interact with a SQL interpreter > ;; process in a SQLi buffer (usually called `*SQL*'). The SQLi buffer > ;; is created by calling a SQL interpreter-specific entry function. Do > ;; *not* call sql-interactive-mode by itself. > > ;; sql-mode can be used to keep editing SQL statements. The SQL > ;; statements can be sent to the SQL process in the SQLi buffer. > > -- > Kevin Rodgers > > > > _______________________________________________ > Help-gnu-emacs mailing list > Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs > Well, I guess that was my core "goal" - to get emacs to behave as much as possible like Query Analyzer... I spend probably half of every day writing sql code, just thought it'd be nice to be able to write/run sql stuff in something other than query analyzer. Thanks for the help! -- Brett Kelly inkedmn@inkedmn.com http://inkedmn.com:8000 GPG Public Key: http://inkedmn.com:8000/stuff/inkedmn.asc