Comments on: Formatting PL/SQL code in SQL Developer

By: carlosdl

carlosdl — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:21:29 +0000

silvasofia:Go to "Tools"->"Preferences"->"Database"->"SQL Formatter"->"Oracle Formatting" and click the "Edit" button, then expand the "Line Breaks" item and make sure all checkboxes are unchecked. Then click Ok twice, and try again.

By: silvasofia

silvasofia — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 13:29:24 +0000

Help, I’m using it, but it put spaces between for example a htp.p text, making my code huge! How do I set it up to do not put line breakes between text lines?

By: ndsaerith

ndsaerith — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:09:01 +0000

@Carlosdl -> Thank you

By: hd21cn

hd21cn — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 04:43:50 +0000

Select the code block that you want to format, press F7, done

By: ranjanbs84

ranjanbs84 — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:14:00 +0000

Use Tools->preferences->Database->Sql Formatter to customize how the formatter should format your code. The default formatting of SQL Developer is quite awkward, you can set it to your preference.

By: inprise

inprise — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:11:43 +0000

thanks yes even i am using 1.5.3,anyhow will check my formatting preference to have good formatting of my code

thanks once again.

By: carlosdl

carlosdl — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:07:54 +0000

I’m using version 1.5.3 and it does that, and much more.

You just need to select the desired code, and press Ctrl+F7 (this is the default shortcut), and it will automatically apply format including alignment and indentation, line breaks, white spaces, and others.

The formatter options are under Tools->preferences->Database->Sql Formatter.

If you are using an older version, I would recommend to download the latest.

Download Sql Developer 1.5.3 here.

By: inprise

inprise — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:13:52 +0000

BEGIN .. END blocks and IF .. then checks indentation within the block..

By: carlosdl

carlosdl — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:01:20 +0000

I tried sqlinform, and I found it pretty similar to the sql formatter in Sql Developer (ver 1.5 or above). What exactly would you want to be able to do in Sql Developer that is possible in sqlinform but not in sql Developer ?

By: inprise

inprise — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:03:11 +0000

Hello ,

I found sqlinform a online version for formatting.

But is there direct means to get it properly done in sql developer itself

pls share ur thoughts