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		eternauta3k on Aug 29, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google's new pipe syntax in SQL Do manually-generated SQL strings have a place outside of interactive use? I use them in my small projects but I wonder if a query builder isn't better for larger systems.

otabdeveloper4 on Aug 29, 2024 [–]

Query building for an analytics database is impossible.

These queries are always hand-rolled because you pay the analysts to optimize them.

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