The most important thing about programming styles is to have one. This chapter shows how traditional SQL styles can prevent us from realizing Oracle SQL’s true potential. This subjective and opinionated chapter finishes the discussion about how to write beautiful SQL statements.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but we should base our sense of beauty on sound principles. Too many developers spend all their time heads-down coding and don’t stop to ask important meta-questions. We should occasionally look at our code and ask ourselves – why does this code look good?
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