Question

Is there any widely used SQL coding standard out there? SQL is little bit different from C/C++ type of programming languages. Really don’t know how to best format it for readability.

Answer 1

Wouldn’t call it coding standard – more like coding style

SELECT     T1.col1,     T1.col2,     T2.col3 FROM     table1 T1     INNER JOIN ON Table2 T2 ON T1.ID = T2.ID WHERE     T1.col1 = 'xxx'     AND T2.Col3 = 'yyy' 

• capitalize reserved words
• main keywords on new line
• can’t get used to commas before columns
• always use short meaningful table aliases
• prefix views with v
• prefix stored procs with sp (however don’t use ‘sp_’ which is reserved for built in procs)
• don’t prefix tables
• table names singular