Craig Kerstiens • 1/8/2016

Writing more legible SQL

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This article provides practical advice for improving SQL code readability, covering formatting rules like one clause per line, alignment, using column names in GROUP BY/ORDER BY, consistent casing, and commenting. It strongly advocates for the use of Common Table Expressions (CTEs) to structure complex queries. The goal is to treat SQL with the same care as other programming languages.

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