Definitely agree about using the SQL to generate the code and not the other way around. For simple cases that's what I now do. For complex cases, I've grown t

Definitely agree about using the SQL to generate the code and not the other way around. For simple cases that's what I now do. For complex cases, I've grown to accept the idea that the translation between in-memory (in-program) representation and in-file representation is an important translation layer and actually should be hand-coded to a moderate extent.