Updated on 2023-04-03 GMT+08:00

Formatting of SQL Queries

Data Studio supports formatting and highlighting of SQL queries and PL/SQL statements.

PL/SQL Formatting

Follow the steps to format PL/SQL statements:

  1. Select the PL/SQL statements to be formatted.
  2. Click on the toolbar to format the query.

    Alternatively, use the key combination Ctrl+Shift+F or choose Edit > Format from the main menu.

    The PL/SQL statements are formatted.

SQL Formatting

Data Studio supports formatting of simple SQL SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE statements which are syntactically correct. The following are some of the statements for which formatting is supported:

  1. The SELECT statement must be made of the following clauses:
    • Target list
    • FROM clause (including JOIN)
    • Where
    • Group by
    • Having
    • Order by
    • Common table expression

    SELECT statement without SET operations like UNION, UNION ALL, MINUS, INTERSECT and so on

    SELECT statements without sub-queries

  2. The INSERT statement is made of the following clauses only:
    • Insert Into Table name
    • Values
    • Values Column List
    • RETURNING
  3. The UPDATE statement is made of the following clauses only:
    • Update Table name
    • SET
    • FROM clause (including JOIN)
    • Where
    • RETURNING
  4. The DELETE statement is made of the following clauses only:
    • Delete From Table name
    • USING clause (including JOIN)
    • Where
    • RETURNING

Follow the steps below to format SQL queries:

  1. Select the SQL query statements to be formatted.
  2. Click on the toolbar to format the query.

    Alternatively, use the key combination Ctrl+Shift+F or choose Edit > Format from the main menu.

    The query is formatted.

    The following table describes the query formatting rules.

    Table 1 Query formatting rules

    Statement

    Clause

    Formatting Rule

    SELECT

    SELECT list

    Line break before first column

    Indent column list

    FROM

    Line break before FROM

    Line break after FROM

    Indent FROM list

    Stack FROM list

    Line break before JOIN

    Line break after JOIN

    Line break after JOIN

    Line break before ON

    Line break after ON

    Indent table after JOIN

    Indent ON condition

    WHERE

    Line break before WHERE

    Line break after WHERE

    Place WHERE condition on single line

    Place WHERE condition on single line

    GROUP BY

    Line break before GROUP

    Line break before GROUP BY expression

    Indent column list

    Stack column list

    HAVING

    Line break before HAVING

    Line break after HAVING

    Indent HAVING condition

    ORDER BY

    Line break before ORDER

    Line break after BY

    Indent column list

    Stack column list

    CTE

    Indent subquery braces

    Each CTE in a new line

    INSERT

    INSERT INFO

    Line break before opening brace

    Line break after opening brace

    Line break before closing brace

    Indent column list brace

    Indent column list

    Line break before VALUES

    Stack column list

    Line break before VALUES

    Line break before opening brace

    Line break after opening brace

    Line break before closing brace

    Indent VALUES expressions list braces

    Indent VALUES expressions list

    Stack VALUES expressions list

    DEFAULT

    Line break before DEFAULT

    Indent DEFAULT keyword

    CTE

    Each CTE in a new line

    RETURNING

    Line break before RETURNING

    Line break after RETURNING

    Indent RETURNING column list

    Place RETURNING column List on single line

    UPDATE

    UPDATE Table

    Line break before table

    Indent table

    SET Clause

    Line break before SET

    Indent column assignments list

    Indent column assignments list

    FROM CLAUSE

    Line break before FROM

    Line break after FROM

    Indent FROM list

    Stack FROM list

    JOIN CLAUSE(FROM CLAUSE)

    Line break before JOIN

    Line break after JOIN

    Line break before ON

    Line break after ON

    Indent table after JOIN

    Indent ON condition

    WHERE CLAUSE

    Line break before WHERE

    Line break after WHERE

    Place WHERE condition on single line

    Place WHERE condition on single line

    CTE

    Each CTE in a new line

    RETURNING

    Line break before RETURNING

    Line break after RETURNING

    DELETE

    USING CLAUSE

    Indent RETURNING column list

    Line break before FROM

    Line break after FROM

    Indent USING list

    Stack FROM list

    JOIN CLAUSE

    Line break before JOIN

    Line break after JOIN

    Line break before ON

    Line break after ON

    Indent table after JOIN

    Indent ON condition List

    WHERE CLAUSE

    Line break before WHERE

    Line break after WHERE

    Place WHERE condition on single line

    Stack WHERE condition list

    CTE

    Each CTE in a new line

    RETURNING

    Line break before RETURNING

    Line break after RETURNING

    Indent RETURNING column list

Data Studio supports automatic highlighting of the following punctuation mark's pair when cursor is placed before or after the punctuation mark or the punctuation mark is selected.

  • Brackets - ( )
  • Square brackets - [ ]
  • Braces - { }
  • Single-quoted string literals - ' '
  • Double-quoted string literals - " "

Follow the steps below to change case for SQL queries and PL/SQL statements:

Method 1

  1. Select the text, and choose Edit > Upper Case/Lower Case.

    The text changes to the case selected.

Method 2:

  1. Select the text, and choose or from the toolbar.

    The text changes to the case selected.

Method 3:

  1. Select the text, and press Ctrl+Shift+U to change to the upper case or Ctrl+Shift+L to change to the lower case.

    The text changes to the case selected.

SQL Highlighting

Keywords are highlighted automatically when you enter them (according to the default color scheme) as shown below:

The following figure shows the default color scheme for the specified type of syntax:

You can also customize SQL highlighting schemes for specific types of syntax. For details, see Syntax Coloring.