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  • (Score: 2) by Dr Spin on Saturday June 16 2018, @10:09PM (1 child)

    by Dr Spin (5239) on Saturday June 16 2018, @10:09PM (#694055)

    SQL can seem to be almost like English text.

    Looks are deceiving.

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday June 18 2018, @02:48PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday June 18 2018, @02:48PM (#694522) Journal

    I was writing some SQL once, working out how to fix a problem. The (non programmer) person I was working with, kept saying things like "can't you just ask it for this", "can't you just write such and so", etc.

    Uh, no. It doesn't work that way. There is a very specific grammar and very specific rules. Well written code just looks like you can understand it by reading it. It is also possible to write bad code.

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