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		croes on Nov 15, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SQL style guide by Simon Holywell I‘m not a fan of upper case keywords especially when there is also syntax highlighting that gives them a unique color. Shifts my focus away from the rest of the query.

jbverschoor on Nov 15, 2024 [–]

SQL keywords have been upper case for decades. I prefer it because it is faster to match visually.

Just like I don’t like uppercase paragraphs because of the same reason

dopfk09320k on Nov 15, 2024 | [–]

typing them is such a pain though.

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