Editor Basics

Open SQL Query Editor

To open the query editor, click on the query editor button on top of the left panel, or use the shortcut key ⌘ + Return, or ⌘ + E.

Execute queries

To execute a query from the Query Editor, select the query and click on the Run Current button, or use shortcut key ⌘ + Return.

TablePlus also supports writing and executing multiple queries, you’ll need to separate them with a semicolon.

To execute multiple queries, select them in the Query Editor and click on the dropdown next to Run Current button, choose Run All, or use the shortcut key ⌘ + ⇧ + Return.

You can change the default Execute button from Run Current to Run All from the same dropdown.

Cancel Queries

When executing a long running queries and you need to stop it midway through, you can do it via the process list:

• Click Cancel button on the Query Editor

• Or navigate to menu Connection > Process List...

• Or use the shortcut keys ⌘ + .

From the Process List, you can see all the running queries, select the query and click Kill to cancel it.

Export queries

To export a queries from the Query Editor, click on the dropdown menu next the the Run button and choose Save SQL as...