Format MERGE statements

jela

Hi,

while searching the forum regarding format options for MERGE statements I only came across an entry for SQL Prompt 5:

http://www.red-gate.com/MessageBoard/vi ... ompt+merge

Are there any news regarding this topic? Has anybody found a way to properly format MERGEs?

Kind regards

Aaron L

Hi jela,
I think 2 of his points are fixed in the latest release of SQL Prompt. It looks to me like to INSERT indentation is still off though so I'll look into that for you now.

Do you have a specific statement that's causing problems?

Thanks,
Aaron.

jela

Hi Aaron,
thanks for the reply and looking into things.

MERGE INTO TableB AS dest
  USING TableA AS src
  ON dest.Col1 = src.Col1
    AND dest.Col2 = src.Col2
  WHEN MATCHED
    THEN
UPDATE
     SET
        Col3 = src.Col3
      , Col4 = src.Col4
  WHEN NOT MATCHED BY TARGET
    THEN
INSERT  (
          Col1
        , Col2
        , Col3
        , Col3
        )
     VALUES
        (
          SomeValue1
        , SomeVlaue2
        , SomeValue3
        , SomeValue4
        );

The above is an example statement, which unfortunately isn't 100% formatted as it is in SSMS. Anyway, I'll try to explain, what looks a bit odd.

USING, ON, WHEN MATCHED, WHEN NOT MATCHED are indented, whereas I would understand them to be part of the MERGE statement itself. The keywords THEN UPDATE SET and THEN INSERT are each on a new line - I understand, that it comes down to personal preferences here, but I would see UPDATE SET and INSERT as actions, whereas THEN would belong to the WHEN clause itself. The openening bracket after VALUES is on a new line, whereas the opening bracket after INSERT is on the same line as the keyword.

Maybe it becomes more clear, if I try to show, what I have in mind:

MERGE INTO ...
USING          ...
ON               ... = ...
                   AND ... = ...
WHEN MATCHED THEN
    UPDATE SET ...
WHEN NOT MATCHED BY TARGET THEN
    INSERT (
                  ...
                , ...
                )
    VALUES (
                   ...
                 , ...
                 )
WHEN NOT MATCHED BY SOURCE THEN
    DELETE
;

If there already is a way to achieve a formatting similar to this, I would appreciate some hints on how to accomplish this.

Thanks again for your help.

Kind regards,
Jens.

Aaron L

I've changed the merge formatting to include your suggestions if you'd like to give this private build a try.

Thanks,
Aaron.

jela

Hi Aaron,

thanks for your changes.

We have been using the private build for a few days now and think, the formatting looks better this way. Thanks again.

Will this be implemented into an upcoming version or do you plan on providing some more options for SQL Prompt?

Kind regards,
Jens

Aaron L

Hi Jens,
We've just released 6.2.0.241 which includes these changes for how MERGE is formatted. See this post for more details.

Thanks,
Aaron.