The Breakpoints List

Feature Only in Enterprise Edition   This feature is supported only in Visual C++ Enterprise Edition. For more information, see .

The Breakpoints dialog box lists all breakpoints currently set in your SQL code. You can use this list to examine all breakpoints, to disable breakpoints, or to enable breakpoints that you previously disabled. You can also use the list to remove (delete) a breakpoint.

To view the list of current breakpoints

  1. From the Edit menu, click Breakpoints.

    The Breakpoints dialog box appears.

  2. Use the scroll bars to move up or down the Breakpoints list.

To disable a breakpoint

  1. In the Breakpoints dialog box, find the breakpoint in the Breakpoints list.

  2. Clear the check box corresponding to the breakpoint that you want to disable.

  3. Click OK.

    The red dot in the left margin changes to a hollow circle.

To enable a breakpoint

  1. In the Breakpoints dialog box, find the breakpoint in the Breakpoints list.

  2. Select the empty check box corresponding to the breakpoint that you want to enable.

  3. Click OK.

    The red dot in the left margin changes to a hollow circle.

Tip   You can also use the SPACEBAR to toggle the state of a breakpoint in the Breakpoints list.

Note   An asterisk (*) in the breakpoint check box indicates that the breakpoint is not supported on the current platform.

To remove a breakpoint

  1. In the Breakpoints dialog box, select one or more breakpoints in the Breakpoints list.

  2. Click Remove.

    – or –

    Press the DELETE key.

  3. Click OK.

When you select a breakpoint in the Breakpoints list, the breakpoint information automatically appears in the text box of the Location tab. You can edit the breakpoint using the procedures described for that tab.

For a location breakpoint, you can click Edit Code to navigate to the SQL code where the breakpoint is set.

To view the SQL code where a breakpoint is set

  1. In the Breakpoints list, select a breakpoint.

  2. Click Edit Code.

This action takes you to the SQL source code with the breakpoint.