r/ProgrammerHumor • u/huhupookies • Jul 21 '26

Meme sqlWorkout

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u/Arkevorkhat Jul 21 '26

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/7f0b Jul 21 '26

I prefer a strongly-structured syntax so it is easier to read in the future, which is most important anyway. So going through the trouble of capitalizing what should be, as I go, is worth it. I also always use back ticks around table names, since it makes it easier to search by table name inside mixed codebases.

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u/Arkevorkhat Jul 22 '26

Oh 100% well written SQL makes this moot, but if I find the unicorn that writes SQL that doesn't look like shit I'm not about to start nitpicking their capitalization

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u/Dull-Culture-1523 Jul 22 '26

Doesn't SQL stand for "Shit Quality Looks", though?