Inserting a carriage return or new line in SQL code of a Query Table for readability

Inserting a carriage return or new line in SQL code of a Query Table for readability

My queries are working correctly, this is a formatting question to make it easier for me to see the structure of my queries when I am editing them.

In a SQL Query Table, the SELECT commands easily allow me to put each field on a new line by using the carriage return after the comma:

SELECT
     "Table 1"."Field Name 1" As "Alias Name 1",
     "Table 1"."Field Name 2" As "Alias Name 2",
     "Table 1"."Field Name 3" As "Alias Name 3",

etc.

all I had to do was hit "Enter" after the comma.  When I hit "Save" the carriage returns are saved just as they appeared in edit mode.

But later in the query in the FROM section, if I use a carriage return (without a comma because there is none in between the JOIN commands) it shows up properly when I am in edit mode:

FROM  "Table 1" LEFT JOIN "Table 2" ON "Table 2"."Field 1"  = "Table 1"."Field 1"
 LEFT JOIN "Table 3" ON "Table 3"."Field 1"  = "Table 1"."Field 1"
 LEFT JOIN "Table 4" ON "Table 4"."Field 1"  = "Table 1"."Field 1"

etc.

But when I hit save, this is how it is saved:

FROM  "Table 1" LEFT JOIN "Table 2" ON "Table 2"."Field 1"  = "Table 1"."Field 1" LEFT JOIN "Table 3" ON "Table 3"."Field 1"  = "Table 1"."Field 1" LEFT JOIN "Table 4" ON "Table 4"."Field 1"  = "Table 1"."Field 1"

i.e., no carriage returns, all on one very long line.  With many joins it becomes cumbersome to edit the SQL code or see the logic.

I saw references to "\n" in both MySQL docs and some postings in the forum, but inserting a \n after each join generates an error statement.

I am probably missing something simple here, but any clues would be much appreciated.

Thanks.
  


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