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title: Modify Queries
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# Modify Queries (Visual Database Tools)
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Open a query to modify it in Query and View Designer.  
  
### To open a query  
  
1.  From the **View** menu, click **Solution Explorer**.  
  
2.  In Solution Explorer, right-click the query you want to open and click **Open**.  
  
3.  To modify the query in Query Designer, highlight the SQL statements, right-click the highlighted area and select **Design Query in Editor.**  
  
Query Designer is now open and you can make modifications.  
  
## See Also  
[Run Queries (Visual Database Tools)](../../ssms/visual-db-tools/run-queries-visual-database-tools.md)  
[Work with Data in the Results Pane (Visual Database Tools)](../../ssms/visual-db-tools/work-with-data-in-the-results-pane-visual-database-tools.md)  
[Perform Basic Operations with Queries (Visual Database Tools)](../../ssms/visual-db-tools/perform-basic-operations-with-queries-visual-database-tools.md)