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   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Gene Wirchenko (genew@ocis.net) writes:   
   >      On selects, it is not so easy.  I want to see a message that the   
   > table should have so many rows, but it does not all show:   
   >           select 'This message is about the table and is too long per   
   > some limit:'   
   >           select * from Primus   
   > I would like to see the full message without having to resize it   
   > manually.  Is there any way to do this with *grid* output?   
   >   
   >      I would like the answer for SSE 2008 and for 2012.   
      
   There is not much you can do about it. There is a reason why I stick to   
   the old Query Analyzer from SQL 2000.   
      
   Note however that you can double-click on the edge of the grid header   
   to resize so that every visible fits - save for the column header.   
      
      
   --   
   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   
      
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