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SQL Formatter

Paste a messy one-line query and get clean, readable SQL with every major clause on its own line. Runs entirely in your browser.

01 · How it works

Three steps, then done.

Turn a cramped, single-line query into formatted SQL in three steps.

01

Paste your SQL

Drop a SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statement into the box. Multi-clause queries with JOINs and WHERE conditions are exactly what this tool is built for.

02

Pick case and indent

Choose UPPERCASE, lowercase, or preserve for keywords, and a 2-space, 4-space, or tab indent for the SELECT column list and AND/OR continuations.

03

Copy the formatted query

Read the result, copy it back into your editor, or download it as a .sql file. Same input always gives the same output.

02 · Why ours

Why use thisSQL formatter

A focused beautifier that respects the parts of your query that must not change.

  • 01

    Quotes stay untouched

    String literals, double-quoted identifiers, and backtick-quoted names are preserved character-for-character - keywords inside 'from where' or "order by" are never reformatted.

  • 02

    Clause-aware layout

    SELECT, FROM, the full JOIN family, ON, WHERE, GROUP BY, HAVING, ORDER BY, LIMIT, INSERT INTO, UPDATE, DELETE, VALUES, and SET each land on their own line, with AND/OR continuations indented underneath.

  • 03

    Comments survive

    Line comments (--) and block comments (/* ... */) are kept verbatim and travel with the code they annotate instead of being stripped or mangled.

  • 04

    Nothing leaves your browser

    The formatter is pure client-side JavaScript with no network calls. Paste production SQL, schema names, and table structures with no upload.

"It is a best-effort beautifier, not a parser - it lays out your clauses and leaves the contents of every quoted string exactly as you wrote them."
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03 · FAQ

sql formatter questions.

Does this validate or execute my SQL?
No. It only reformats the text for readability. It does not check syntax, connect to a database, or run anything - it is a layout tool, so an invalid query is reflowed but never rejected.
No. The formatter protects anything inside single quotes, double quotes, and backticks before it touches the layout, so keyword-looking words inside quoted strings or identifiers are left exactly as typed.
It is dialect-agnostic. Because it keys off common clause keywords rather than a grammar, it works for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, SQL Server, and most others. It will not understand vendor-specific syntax beyond standard clauses, but it never throws on it.
Yes. Set keyword case to UPPERCASE, lowercase, or preserve, and choose a 2-space, 4-space, or tab indent. The settings apply to keywords and to the indentation of the SELECT list and AND/OR lines.
No. Everything runs locally in your browser with no network requests, so your queries and schema details never leave your machine.