SQL in Strings Desk

See and check the SQL inside your code strings, 100% offline. Free VS Code extension: colors SQL in JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Go and Ruby strings, and checks SQL in those plus PHP strings.

const rows = await sql`
  SELECT id, email,      ⚠ Trailing comma before FROM.
  FROM users WHERE id = ${id}`;

TypeScript sql tagged template with SQL colors and a trailing-comma warning

Free

SQL colors (JS/TS, Python, Go, Ruby; VS Code already colors many PHP SQL strings) in sql`...` tags, /* sql */ and --sql markers, db.query( / cur.execute( / QueryContext( calls, and strings that start with SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, WITH…
Checks (JS/TS, Python, Go, Ruby and PHP): unclosed ( or quotes, trailing and double commas, empty WHERE, dangling AND/OR, keyword typos (FORM, SELCT, JION), INSERT column/value count, DELETE/UPDATE without WHERE
Dialect rules for Generic, PostgreSQL, MySQL and SQLite
Go tip: if Go strings don't color, add "[go]": { "editor.semanticHighlighting.enabled": false } to your settings
Open or copy the SQL under the cursor; list every query in a file
No network, no telemetry, no account

Python cursor.execute triple-quoted SQL with a FORM typo and an unclosed parenthesis in the Problems panel

Go QueryRowContext raw string with SQL colors and the list of SQL strings in the file

Format SQL in place: SQL Format Desk Pro ($12 one-time)

SQL Format Desk Pro (1.0.2 or later) formats the SQL inside your JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, PHP, Go and Ruby strings in place, keeping ?, $1, :name, @name, ${}, f-string {}, %s, PHP $var and Ruby #{} intact (Ruby %Q{} literals and +-joined strings are left unchanged), with a round-trip guard that refuses any change that would lose a token. It also formats procedure bodies, reads a team .sqlformat.json and adds lint hints.

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Install

VS Code Extensions view → search zecro.sql-in-strings-desk.

Support

Bugs and ideas: zecroapp@gmail.com