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Re:Writing a Package Manager by jeremyjh on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @08:14AM (#37234678)
You want to bring in a dependency to avoid writing one 8 line CTE?
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Re:Writing a Package Manager by christophberger on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @09:47AM (#37235782)
The number of lines needed is not a good measure for gnarliness.

(To be fair, I don't know if gnarliness is measurable at all.)

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Re:Writing a Package Manager by jeremyjh on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @12:09PM (#37238216)
It isn’t gnarly at all, but recursive CTE are outside the experience of most SQL devs. Here “gnarly” is used to describe “unfamiliar”.
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