getting table columns/properties in 'table order'?

jamesmanning

Sometimes I want to view the rows of a table as they normally are *except* for one or two columns. In such a scenario, what I *really* want is some ability to have the final 'select row' magically expanded out to 'select new { row.Foo, row.Bar, ... }' (with newlines/indentation) but that seems unrealistic. However, I can get pretty close by using the backtick support, so I can hit it to add all the properties (although the list also includes methods, but I don't mind so much going back and removing them).

Unfortunately, the autocomplete list is in alphabetical order instead of 'table order' (the left-to-right order the columns show up in when doing just 'select row', which I'm assuming is the same order as the columns in the table definition in sql server).

Am I thinking of this the wrong way and/or is there an easier way to go about this?

My current workaround is to just export the results to excel and kill off the problematic columns (at least until I can refactor the schema to move them to another table but I'd love to be able to do it without having to leave LINQPad.

Thanks!

JoeAlbahari

There's an option in the context menu of a table to create a query snippet that includes all columns, although in the current version you must expand the table first in order for it to appear.