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To format an SQL text, select it and press Ctrl+Shift+F or right-click the selected text and click Format -> Format SQL on the context menu. To format a script to upper or lower case, highlight the ...

Thanks for the info all.<BR><BR>For my current need, a trimmed format did the trick but I'll keep in mind datepart and datename.