Google Research proposes extending SQL with pipe syntax to address long-standing language design problems. Rather than replacing SQL, this adds piped data flow inspired by modern languages, making SQL easier to learn and extend while preserving backward compatibility.
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SQL Has Problems. We Can Fix Them: Pipe Syntax In SQL (2024)
Google Research proposes pipe syntax extension to SQL, enabling modern functional data flow patterns while preserving backward compatibility with decades of existing queries.
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