ClipboardSqlFormatter

Converting dynamic sql to static sql on the fly

What is it?

This is a tray application that listens your clipboard changes. When you copy to clipboard dynamic sql beginning with 'sp_executesql' then application try to convert it to a static sql. Converting includes two steps:

1. Replacing parameters by its values
2. Formatting sql structure to readable and easy to modify view

So when you copy such sql from SQL Profiler to SQL Management studio (for example), pasted text will be a static beautiful sql. Cool)

For example, if copied string is:

exec sp_executesql N' SELECT "obj"."CreateDateTime", "obj"."LastEditDateTime" FROM LDERC 
"doc" INNER JOIN LDObject "obj" ON ("doc"."ID" = "obj"."ID") LEFT OUTER JOIN LDJournal 
"ContainerID.jrn" ON ("doc"."JournalID" = "ContainerID.jrn"."ID") WHERE  ( "doc"."ID" 
= @V0 AND  ( "doc"."StateID" <> 5 AND "ContainerID.jrn"."Name" <> ''Hidden journal'' 
)  ) ',N'@V0 bigint',@V0=6815463'

pasted string will be:

SELECT "obj"."CreateDateTime"
	,"obj"."LastEditDateTime"
FROM LDERC "doc"
INNER JOIN LDObject "obj" ON ("doc"."ID" = "obj"."ID")
LEFT OUTER JOIN LDJournal "ContainerID.jrn" ON ("doc"."JournalID" = "ContainerID.jrn"."ID")
WHERE (
		"doc"."ID" = 6815463
		AND (
			"doc"."StateID" <> 5
			AND "ContainerID.jrn"."Name" <> 'Hidden journal'
			)
		)

Features

• If you need to copy sql without any modifications, right click on application tray icon and uncheck item 'Is enabled'
• For exit from application right click on application tray icon and choose item 'Close'
• Move mouse to application tray icon and you will see current state of application - is is enabled or disabled.

Dependencies

For formatting sql I use an awesome library PoorMansTSqlFormatter