SSMS Object Explorer - Select Top N Rows missing when connected to Azure DB

Question

I just upgraded my SSMS to 2008 R2. I\'m missing the option to select the top 1000 rows from a table, like this:

Answer 1

Check that you have correct values in the SQL Server Object Explorer Settings:

Answer 2

As of 06/04/2015 MS has published a hotfix to solve this issue.

http://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3011055

"An update is available that enables "Select Top 1000 Rows" option for tables and views of SQL Azure database"

Answer 3

Based on this answer, I believe it is a limitation of SQL Azure. I have not been able to find any additional information that would allow you to work around the issue.

Answer 4

You do not have this option in SSMS while working with SQL Azure, you have to exexute the query yourself ... select top 10000 from tablename

There are few other options as well in SSMS which are not displayed in case of SQL Azure.

This is an excpected behaviour for SQL Azure.

Answer 5

It is now available on SqlServer Mgt Studio 2014.