Ever been asked to update a SQL query for performance or business reasons, only to spend two days just trying to read what you were sent?

The blessing and curse of the SQL language is that it offers flexibility in formatting, and coding standards for the language are loosely defined. So how do we prevent the above scenario from occurring?

In this session, I'll showcase how to define formatting standards that not only make SQL SELECT queries easier to read, but also provide functional benefits when modifying queries. Finally, I'll tools that can help implement coding standards in SQL.