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SQL Formatter
Format SQL queries with aligned clauses and indenting. Ideal for reviewing long queries and sharing cleaner snippets.
About the SQL Formatter
Format SQL queries with aligned clauses and indenting. Ideal for reviewing long queries and sharing cleaner snippets.
Everything runs in your browser — nothing is uploaded.
How to use the SQL Formatter
- Step 1Paste your code.
- Step 2Press Format or Minify.
- Step 3Copy or download the result.
When people reach for this tool
Read a SELECT that has grown over years
An unformatted nested query with six joins is close to unreadable; aligned clauses make the structure visible.
Share a query a colleague can follow
Formatting turns a wall of text into something reviewable in a pull request or a chat message.
Locate a WHERE clause in the wrong place
Line breaks around each clause make an accidentally misplaced condition obvious.
Practical tips
- Comments stay with the line they were written on, so check the surrounding lines after a large change in structure.
- Formatting is about readability only — it does not optimise the query or change its result.
What you get
- Format and minify in one place
- Strings and comments kept safe
- Local processing
SQL Formatter — FAQ
Is my data safe?
Yes. Everything runs in your browser and nothing is uploaded to any server.
Is it really free?
Every Social-X tool is free, unlimited and works offline.
Will formatting change what my query returns?
No. Only whitespace changes, and SQL ignores whitespace outside string literals.
Does it understand my database dialect?
It treats the text as SQL text rather than parsing it fully, so unusual dialect syntax is preserved rather than rewritten.
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