Two ways to edit more than 200 rows in SQL Management Studio

Here are 2 different solutions to a common problem.

 Solution 1, changing the setting of 200 rows permanently:

In Management Studio’s top menu select Tools  Options  SQL Server Object Explorer  Commands and
change the setting you see below.

 Solution 2, changing the setting of 200 rows temporarily:

When the Edit window has been opened you right-click on it and select Pane  SQL like this.

This will open a Query box where you can change the SELECT TOP(nnn) statement used for editing. After
changing it, click on the red exclamation mark (!) to update the selection.

As an extra bonus this method also makes it possible to select a subset of rows to be edited by using a WHERE
statement.