Don't use it and don't complain then. Btw I actively use SQL since 1997 so I guess I have quite a proficiency. Still my point of readability wins, at least for

Don't use it and don't complain then. Btw I actively use SQL since 1997 so I guess I have quite a proficiency. Still my point of readability wins, at least for me. So you see, your argument about readability doesn't hold for some people. Mine too, but I don't complain.