Option: Do not indent FROM clause

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Do not overly indent FROM clause hierarchy.

When I've got a lot of tables involved in a query it is distracting when it indents like a tree, with a lot of wasted white space at the beginning. I don't see any value in this style of formatting.

FROM (
    (
        (
            (
                (
                    tbl_ref_Tag_Prefix RIGHT JOIN (
                        (
                            (
                                (
                                    (
                                        tbl_Equipment_List AS EL LEFT JOIN tbl_ref_Building ON EL.Building_ID = tbl_ref_Building.Building_ID
                                        ) LEFT JOIN tbl_ref_Discipline ON EL.Discipline_ID = tbl_ref_Discipline.Discipline_ID
                                    ) LEFT JOIN tbl_ref_Equipment_Status ON EL.Equipment_Status_ID = tbl_ref_Equipment_Status.Equipment_Status_ID
                                ) LEFT JOIN tbl_ref_Package ON EL.Package_ID = tbl_ref_Package.Package_ID
                            ) LEFT JOIN tbl_ref_UPN ON EL.UPN_ID = tbl_ref_UPN.UPN_ID
                        ) ON tbl_ref_Tag_Prefix.Tag_Prefix_ID = EL.Equipment_Tag_Prefix_ID
                    ) LEFT JOIN tbl_ref_Package AS tbl_ref_Package_1 ON EL.Prepurchase_Package_ID = tbl_ref_Package_1.Package_ID
                ) LEFT JOIN tbl_ref_IMCS ON EL.IMCS_ID = tbl_ref_IMCS.IMCS_ID
            ) LEFT JOIN tbl_ref_Voltage_Phase ON EL.Voltage_Phase_ID = tbl_ref_Voltage_Phase.Voltage_Phase_ID
        ) LEFT JOIN tbl_ref_Motor_Data ON EL.Motor_ID = tbl_ref_Motor_Data.Motor_ID
    )
LEFT JOIN tbl_Equipment_List AS EL_Parent ON EL.Parent_Eq_List_ID = EL_Parent.Equipment_List_ID

I would like to have an option to ignore the hierarchy when indenting the FROM clause. Maybe something more like this:

FROM (((((tbl_ref_Tag_Prefix RIGHT JOIN (((((tbl_Equipment_List AS EL LEFT JOIN tbl_ref_Building ON EL.Building_ID = tbl_ref_Building.Building_ID
    ) LEFT JOIN tbl_ref_Discipline ON EL.Discipline_ID = tbl_ref_Discipline.Discipline_ID
    ) LEFT JOIN tbl_ref_Equipment_Status ON EL.Equipment_Status_ID = tbl_ref_Equipment_Status.Equipment_Status_ID
    ) LEFT JOIN tbl_ref_Package ON EL.Package_ID = tbl_ref_Package.Package_ID
    ) LEFT JOIN tbl_ref_UPN ON EL.UPN_ID = tbl_ref_UPN.UPN_ID
    ) ON tbl_ref_Tag_Prefix.Tag_Prefix_ID = EL.Equipment_Tag_Prefix_ID
    ) LEFT JOIN tbl_ref_Package AS tbl_ref_Package_1 ON EL.Prepurchase_Package_ID = tbl_ref_Package_1.Package_ID
    ) LEFT JOIN tbl_ref_IMCS ON EL.IMCS_ID = tbl_ref_IMCS.IMCS_ID
    ) LEFT JOIN tbl_ref_Voltage_Phase ON EL.Voltage_Phase_ID = tbl_ref_Voltage_Phase.Voltage_Phase_ID
    ) LEFT JOIN tbl_ref_Motor_Data ON EL.Motor_ID = tbl_ref_Motor_Data.Motor_ID
    ) LEFT JOIN tbl_Equipment_List AS EL_Parent ON EL.Parent_Eq_List_ID = EL_Parent.Equipment_List_ID

I typically use Poor Man's SQL Formatter plugins in SSMS and Notepad++, and not the Poor SQL website.

In case you are curious what this sample query looks like it is one main table "EL" that has a lot of normalized lookup values in reference tables. This query denormalizes the data for reporting purposes. This is a common use case in my environment.