Re:Best practices for writing SQL queries
by hn_throwaway_99 on Saturday April 10, 2021 @02:55PM
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The indentation rules never change. Fortunately, "SELECT" at six letters is as long as the longest first word that starts a clause, which is why when doing, for example, a "LEFT JOIN" you line up the "LEFT" and not the "JOIN, e.g.
would become
Any diff tool correctly highlights the only change is the LEFT.
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Re:Best practices for writing SQL queries
by sodapopcan on Saturday April 10, 2021 @03:01PM
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Ya, was thinking after I submitted that SELECT and DELETE are always going to be the longest anyway, so it always works for SQL!