SQL is 43 years old – Here’s why we still use it today

Re:SQL is 43 years old – Here’s why we still use it today by baldfat on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @08:32AM (#14245801)

SQL is the second most underused tool we have with dealing with data. AWK being the first. SQL is great because the logic works with dealing with data and forces you to make good decisions earlier.

Everyone should spend a day learning SQL if for no other reason they the ability to think logically about data.

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Re:SQL is 43 years old – Here’s why we still use it today by majewsky on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @09:22AM (#14246106)

awk is really nice. I'm starting to use it more and more in places where I previously used a long pipe of grep, cut and sed.

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Re:SQL is 43 years old – Here’s why we still use it today by GuB-42 on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @01:13PM (#14248296)

I use perl when grep/cut/sed show their limits. I never really got into awk.

I suppose we all have our favorite tools.

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Re:SQL is 43 years old – Here’s why we still use it today by majewsky on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @02:44PM (#14249304)

I'm a heavy Perl user, too, but some stuff that is very succinct in awk is a bit more awkward in Perl. Most prominently when you're using $1, $2, etc. which are just there in awk but need a split/\s+/ in Perl.

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Re:SQL is 43 years old – Here’s why we still use it today by skinniks on Thursday May 04, 2017 @08:35PM (#14270224)

-a is your friend.

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Re:SQL is 43 years old – Here’s why we still use it today by tkyjonathan on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @08:35AM (#14245814)

Amen.

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