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title: Open Queries
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# Open Queries (Visual Database Tools)
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You can open an existing query in Query and View Designer by using the **Open** command.  
  
### To open a query in all panes  
  
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.**  
  
> [!NOTE]  
> By default the Query and View Designer opens all of its panes (SQL, Criteria, Diagram, and Results), but that default can be changed in the **Options** dialog box. To open these panes if they are closed, from the **Query Designer** menu, point to **Pane**, and then click the pane you want to open.  
  
## See Also  
[Perform Basic Operations with Queries (Visual Database Tools)](../../ssms/visual-db-tools/perform-basic-operations-with-queries-visual-database-tools.md)  
[Save Queries (Visual Database Tools)](../../ssms/visual-db-tools/save-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)