Can VIM autoindent SQL?

sql vim indentation auto-indent
Mike picture Mike · Dec 20, 2011 · Viewed 11k times · Source

"SQL Statement indentation good practice" appears to be the accepted format for writing SQL blocks.

Is there a Vim indent/syntax file that would adhere to this standard, or at least be close?

Currently my Vim left alights pretty much everything and only indents certain keywords.

Answer

Valerio Crini picture Valerio Crini · Apr 26, 2017

By installing python module sqlparse

pip install sqlparse

from vim you can use

:%!sqlformat --reindent --keywords upper --identifiers lower -

in order to not attach a shortcut ,pt I added following configuration to my .vimrc config file:

autocmd FileType sql call SqlFormatter()
augroup end
function SqlFormatter()
    set noai
    " set mappings...
    map ,pt  :%!sqlformat --reindent --keywords upper --identifiers lower -<CR>
endfunction

You can customize sqlformat a bit. See

sqlformat --help

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