What Free SQL Formatting Tools exist? [closed]

Answer 1

Sequel Pro If using OS X otherwise just work out what you need then develop your query using your knowledge and use the command line tool(my personal favourite:)).

Answer 2

There is a free online Instant SQL Formatter. The site also sells some other versions (add-in for Visual Studio, for example), but the online version is free.

Answer 3

red Jul 22 '10 at 15:13 @Christopherous 5000

I was looking for the same in notepad++ and found a link that gives an idea of how to create your own formatting with macros: http://peoplesoft.wikidot.com/formatting-sql-in-notepad. Seems like it would work, but I'm going to use one of the SSMS Add-ins above. (Less work) Thanks!

Answer 4

T-SQL Tidy is a very good online SQL formatter/beautifier.

It has a lot of formatting options. Though it's targeted to T-SQL, it should work with most SQL dialects.

Answer 5

I've always been a fan of navicat - http://www.navicat.com

Their lite version is free, but it still comes with the sql beautifier - http://www.navicat.com/en/products/navicat_premium/premium_feature.html

As an added bonus occasionally you'll find some chinglish hiding in odd places.

Answer 6

PoorMansTSqlFormatter is a free and open-source online beautifier, with offline SSMS Add-In, command-line beautifier tool, and Notepad++ plugin.

The project aims to format any T-SQL (2000 or later) script, no matter the length or complexity.

Hope this helps!