Saving results with headers in Sql Server Management Studio

Question

I am using SQL Server Management Studio.

I wish to save the results of a query to an excel file.

I choose \"save as\" and then save to CSV file which I ca

Answer 1

At least in SQL Server 2012, you can right click in the query window and select Query Options. From there you can select Include Headers for grid and/or text and have the Save As work the way you want it without restarting SSMS.

You'll still need to change it in Tools->Options in the menu bar to have new query windows use those settings by default.