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A feature in QweryBuilder known as My Autocomplete allows you to get
quick access to data within your database via the intellisense window. The
My Autocomplete feature (Tools/My Autocomplete) can display a list of data
retrieved from the database or data that has been manually typed in.
Access this feature from the SQL editor window.
So why would a feature like this be handy? In a support role you are constantly
querying the database looking for information based on “key” data. For example;
a popular query may be to find all employee’s by department. Your database will
contain an Employee table and a Department table. The Employee Table will contain
a foreign key back to the Department table for the column DeptId. If you need to
find all employees in the HR department you will have to first look up the key for
the HR department. Once you have this key you will then use it to query the Employee
table. So really what you’ve done is create a SELECT statement, executed it, copied
the results from the results window or memorized it, created another query for the
Employee’s table then entered your department.
To do this example with My Autocomplete you would; open the My Autocomplete window
and enter a new item by clicking the “new” button. Provide a name (e.g. dept); this
name will be used in the query window so keep it short. From the type drop down,
select Command. Enter the following syntax:
SELECT DeptId, DeptName
FROM Department
The column order in the above SELECT statement is important. You want the key column
first (the column value that will be inserted into the editor) then the descriptor
column second. In your SQL Editor window you can then type the following:
SELECT * FROM EMPLOYEE A
WHERE A.DeptId = dept. <-- dept is the name we specified in the My Autocomplete window.
After entering the period you will see that the word dept is removed (it’s not valid
for our query) and a list of data is retrieved and displayed (the results of the query
entered in the My Autocomplete window). Find your department and select it. Once you
have your department selected you can click enter or tab to insert the key value into
your editor window.
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