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Phil Factor explores and discusses the current state of the art in SQL Formatting, as done automatically by SQL Prompt.

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Phil Factor explores and discusses the current state of the art in SQL Formatting, as done automatically by SQL Prompt.

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Code formatting

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It is important to ensure that SQL code is laid out the best way for the team that has to use and maintain it. Before you work out how to enforce a standard, one has to work out what that standard should be for the application. So do you dive into detail or create an overall logic to the way it is done?

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Transact-SQL Formatting Standards (Coding Styles)

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Code formatting

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How should SQL code be formatted? What sort of indentation should you use? Should keywords be in upper case? How should lists be lined up? SQL is one of those languages that will execute anyway however you treat whitespace and capitalization. However, the way SQL is laid out will effect its readability and the time taken to review and understand it. Standardisation of code layout is an important issue, but what standard should you adopt? Rob avoids a direct answer, but tells you the sort of answers you'll need to decide upon when creating a strategy for formatting SQL code.

2009-09-08

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Code formatting

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