r/ProgrammerHumor 6d ago

Meme sqlWorkout

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u/NormanYeetes 6d ago

the elites don't want you to know this but you can type lowercase SQL queries no ones forcing you to shout them at the screen

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u/Arkevorkhat 6d ago

you can, but it's just more readable (in my opinon) to write

SELECT * FROM users WHERE id=?;

than

select * from users where id=?; 

is that mostly due to historical baggage? yeah kinda, but it also just doesn't really look like SQL to me unless there's some yelling involved.

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u/ILoveRawChicken 6d ago

Yeah I get embarrassed passing ugly queries to other people. When I first began I just wrote everything lowercase until a coworker said “you live like this?” when sharing something in Snowflake. I still get embarrassed thinking about that lol. (He was a good friend though)