In a recent paper titled "SQL Has Problems. We Can Fix Them", a research team at Google proposed the introduction of a new Pipe Syntax in SQL. Google's solution to address perceived limitations in ...

Worthwhile T-SQL Additions Compound operators offer coding shortcuts, while the INSERT statement lets you ask for rows of data without wearing out the keyboard.

Syntax There are two types of parsers in the system: the full SQL parser (a recursive descent parser), and the data format parser (a fast stream parser). In all cases except the INSERT query, only the ...