# TIL: Rider can show SQL Results inline within query

I use JetBrains Rider as my primary IDE, and I like to use it for as much of my development process as possible. I prefer to avoid jumping around between multiple different applications if I can, so when I want to run some SQL I typically use Rider rather than opening SSMS or Azure Data Studio (or the VS Code plugin which is replacing it).

Today I learnt that Rider contains an option to display the results of a query inline within the SQL window. I don’t think this will be my default way of viewing SQL results, I think I’ll stick with a table of data at the bottom of the window, but I can definitely see this being useful for debugging long queries by checking the results at each step of a lengthy process. I always like to know what tools are available even if I don’t have imminent plans to use them, because it opens up more possibilities for the future.

Details of how to enable this (either per–file or for all queries) are in the [official documentation](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/rider/Viewing_Query_Results.html#in_editor_results).