Poor SQL vs SQL Enlight

Poor SQL reformats and colorizes T-SQL according to settings such as indentation, tab spacing, maximum width, and where statements and clauses break. It can expand comma lists, boolean and CASE expressions, and JOIN ON sections. Formatting runs in the browser, including offline, and the site says submitted SQL is not sent to an external service. Output views include input SQL, formatted SQL, and HTML source. An obfuscation and minification option can vary colors, line lengths, and keyword case, or substitute keywords. Downloads include plugins for SQL Server Management Studio, Visual Studio, and WinMerge, plus a command-line bulk formatter. The open-source Poor Man’s T-SQL Formatter library is AGPL-licensed and supports Microsoft.NET and Mono; its JavaScript library works in browsers and contexts such as Node.js. The project describes its parsing as coarse rather than full, especially for DDL. The free plan is free. Settings are remembered with a cookie; blocking cookies restores defaults on each visit.

SQL Enlight is a static analysis and refactoring tool for SQL Server and T-SQL. It examines code and databases for defects and supports server health monitoring, diagnosis, and performance tuning. Developers can validate syntax, run automated reviews, and apply automatic fixes to some code and database issues. Formatting, script summaries, and outlines help make large scripts easier to work with; sections can also be extracted into stored procedures or functions. Developers and database administrators can create custom analysis rules with XPath and XSLT. The tool integrates with SQL Server Management Studio and Visual Studio, and supports build workflows through Team Foundation Server check-in policies, MSBuild tasks, a command-line interface, and an Automation API. Its Azure DevOps extension supports build analysis, quality gates, reports, and pull-request checks and comments; a SonarQube plugin adds T-SQL issues, measures, rules, and quality-gate integration. SQL Enlight supports SQL Server 2005 through 2022, including Azure SQL Database. The paid product has a 14-day evaluation period. Licenses include email support, updates, and documentation access.