How to automatically format SQL Server code?

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Is there any tool I can use to format SQL Server code? I’d like to find a quick and dirty solution where I can just open script, click format and then save it.

Posted 19-Apr-13 5:31am

DImitrijex

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Richard C Bishop 19-Apr-13 11:34am

What do you mean by format?

José Amílcar Casimiro 19-Apr-13 11:34am

Are you referring to "sql server code" as "t-sql"? What tools have you available? most of client tools have options for this.

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CHill60 · Answer 1 · 2013-04-19T05:44:00

There are loads of tools ...

Try this opensource option http://sourceforge.net/projects/fsqlf/[^]

and Pinal Dave has a blog on the very subject http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2007/05/20/sql-server-sql-code-formatter-tools/[^]

Google will present you with several (free) on-line tools too.

JoshSIM · Answer 2 · 2013-04-23T19:27:00

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You might want to try ApexSQL Refactor[^] As far as I know it works with all SQL server versions and its free.

Posted 23-Apr-13 19:27pm

JoshSIM