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Format your SQL

Format your own SQL code using this free online formatter. Try formatting your SQL code with a few pre-defined styles.

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    What SQL formatting does, and why teams standardize it

    Formatting doesn't change what your SQL does, but it changes how fast anyone else can understand it. Consistent indentation, casing, and layout turn a wall of code into something you can scan in seconds, which matters most when you're reviewing someone else's query or coming back to your own after six months.

    Teams standardize formatting for a few practical reasons. Reviews go faster when everyone's code looks the same; reviewers can focus on logic instead of untangling style. Diffs stay clean, too. If two developers write the same query with different spacing or capitalization, a diff tool flags every line as changed, even when the actual logic hasn't moved. Standard formatting keeps diffs limited to real changes, so pull requests are easier to read and easier to trust.

    Formatting SQL inside SSMS

    The formatter on this page runs on the same engine as SQL Prompt, so what you see here is what you'd get inside SQL Server Management Studio or Visual Studio.

    Inside SSMS, SQL Prompt applies your chosen style with a single shortcut (Ctrl+K, Y), whether you're cleaning up a query you just wrote or reformatting a page of inherited legacy code. You don't have to think about layout while you're writing; write it your way, then format it in one step.

    When using SQL Prompt as part of the SQL Toolbelt Essentials bundle, formatting styles can also be shared across teams. Once a team agrees on a format, SQL Prompt lets everyone apply it the same way, so code looks consistent no matter who wrote it. As one long-time user put it, being able to take code written by anyone and format it to be clean and understandable instantly is one of the tool's biggest time-savers, and one of the reasons reviews and long-term maintenance get easier.

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