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Re:SQL: One of the most valuable skills by kumarvvr on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @12:39AM (#19150734)
To me trying to emulate procedural stuff in SQL feels wrong, especially with multi-table queries.
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Re:SQL: One of the most valuable skills by eleclady on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @02:38PM (#19156089)
Yes, that's what I'm saying. The difficulty people have is that the thought process (solution) is still procedural but the query is expressed declaratively. Once you learn how to navigate that gap you get good at SQL.
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